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Nalo Hopkinson

1960 - Today

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Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), Midnight Robber (2000), The Salt Roads (2003), The New Moon's Arms (2007) – and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk (2001) often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling. Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies: Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction and Mojo: Conjure Stories. She was the co-editor with Uppinder Mehan of the 2004 anthology So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future, and with Geoff Ryman co-edited Tesseracts 9. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Nalo Hopkinson is the 7,274th most popular writer (down from 7,172nd in 2024), the 115th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 119th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7,274 out of 7,302. Before her are Ian Brennan, Melinda Nadj Abonji, Jim Cornette, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Valeria Luiselli, and Alan Rusbridger. After her are Zehra Doğan, Dinesh D'Souza, Chris Savino, Oleg Pavlov, Luljeta Lleshanaku, and Alice Oseman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 1,037. Before her are Kirby Puckett, Dawn Upshaw, Craig Hodges, Mike McFarlane, Mark Gorski, and Peter Boettke. After her are John Pizzarelli, Heidi Hammel, Ron Kiefel, Loretta Sanchez, Dean Heller, and Ruth E. Carter.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 115 out of 189. Before her are Theodore Whitmore (1972), Luton Shelton (1985), Sandie Richards (1968), Barrington Levy (1964), Jermaine Taylor (1985), and Vybz Kartel (1976). After her are Leon Edwards (1991), Jak Ali Harvey (1989), Tessa Sanderson (1956), Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962), Marlon James (1970), and Germaine Mason (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7. Before her are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After her are Marlon James (1970), and Claudia Rankine (1963).

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