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Leigh Brackett

1915 - 1978

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Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Long Goodbye (1973). She worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production. In 1956, her book The Long Tomorrow made her the first woman ever shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and, along with C. L. Moore, one of the first two women ever nominated for a Hugo Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Brackett has received more than 709,684 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Leigh Brackett is the 3,906th most popular writer (down from 3,859th in 2019), the 5,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,237th in 2019) and the 438th most popular American Writer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

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  • 3.74

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leigh Brackett ranks 3,906 out of 5,755Before her are Ferdinand Freiligrath, Mahadev Desai, Francisco Balagtas, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Johann Most, and Paavo Haavikko. After her are Ma Duanlin, Palaephatus, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Taylor Caldwell, Katherine Paterson, and Deon Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Leigh Brackett ranks 160Before her are Kurt Aland, Gozo Shioda, Amedeo Biavati, Derek Prince, Regina Ghazaryan, and Alan Lomax. After her are Robert Motherwell, Hasse Ekman, Ferenc Sas, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Ann Sheridan, and Boris Paichadze. Among people deceased in 1978, Leigh Brackett ranks 145Before her are Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Robert Menzies, Jean Nicolas, Luo Ruiqing, Costante Girardengo, and Eric Frank Russell. After her are Gotthard Handrick, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Theo Lingen, Jack Oakie, Mario Varglien, and Gene Tunney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 5,262 out of 18,182Before her are Kathryn Adams (1893), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Carmen McRae (1922), Michael Eisner (1942), Ted Post (1918), and Barry Dennen (1938). After her are Zach Braff (1975), Ed Helms (1974), Rosario Dawson (1979), Savanna Samson (1967), Jim Courier (1970), and Mike Wallace (1918).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 438Before her are Peter Straub (1943), Paula Fox (1923), Nathanael West (1903), T. C. Boyle (1948), Ida B. Wells (1862), and Mona Simpson (1957). After her are Mike Resnick (1942), Gordon Willis (1931), Edna Ferber (1885), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), and Camille Paglia (1947).