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Nancy Kress

1948 - Today

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Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Kress has received more than 141,824 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nancy Kress is the 5,074th most popular writer (down from 4,846th in 2019), the 7,637th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,805th in 2019) and the 616th most popular American Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nancy Kress ranks 5,074 out of 5,755. Before her are Anton Aškerc, Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, Katherine Neville, Nella Larsen, and Thomas Love Peacock. After her are Isabelle Collin Dufresne, José Eduardo Agualusa, Elisabeth Langgässer, Pauline Baynes, Ludwig Ganghofer, and Jacques Jasmin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Nancy Kress ranks 463. Before her are Rocco Buttiglione, Valeri Brainin, Kenney Jones, Persis Khambatta, Ylli Bufi, and A Martinez. After her are Enriqueta Basilio, Giuseppe Petrocchi, Marc Okrand, David H. Levy, Richard Sinclair, and Mick Rock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 7,637 out of 18,182. Before her are Oliver Campbell (1871), Henry Flagler (1830), Nella Larsen (1891), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Andy Stanfield (1927), and Leigh Harline (1907). After her are Anita Borg (1949), Don McNeill (1918), Arlo Guthrie (1947), John Patrick Foley (1935), Deontay Wilder (1985), and Mel Tormé (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 616. Before her are Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Kate Wilhelm (1928), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Katherine Neville (1945), and Nella Larsen (1891). After her are Gardner Dozois (1947), Marc Okrand (1948), Grace Paley (1922), Louise Erdrich (1954), Tony Hillerman (1925), and David Belasco (1853).

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