WRITER

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 149,453 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nancy Kress is the 5,416th most popular writer (down from 5,057th in 2019), the 8,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,622nd in 2019) and the 620th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Beggars in Spain
Fiction, Genetic engineering, Women lawyers
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself.But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge.
1991
Dynamic Characters
Technique, Characters and characteristics in literature, Fiction
In teaching writers the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep their readers spellbound, Kress utilizes dozens of excerpts from well-known fiction, along with enlightening exercises. In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.In teaching you the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep your readers spellbound, Kress utilizes:Dozens of excerpts from well-known fictionEnlightening exercises to help you build strong characters starting from the outside-inBeginning chapters that focus on the physical elements that comprise a character, providing techniques for using external qualities to reflect personalityBuilding skill upon skill, you blend these qualities with emotional and mental characterization, forming muti-dimensional characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, and power the plot from beginning to end.
1998
Brainrose
Reincarnation, Fiction
1989
Probability moon
Fiction, Space warfare, Human-alien encounters
2000
Stinger
Fiction, Government investigators, Genetic engineering
1998
An Alien Light
1988

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nancy Kress ranks 5,416 out of 7,302. Before her are Manuel Curros Enríquez, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Remco Campert, Nathan Zach, Fred Saberhagen, and Paddy Chayefsky. After her are Yuri Nagibin, Mary Sidney, Johan Falkberget, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Anton Donchev, and Anton Aškerc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Nancy Kress ranks 525. Before her are José Luis Capón, John Martyn, Raynald Denoueix, Hans Aabech, Ibrahim Kuni, and Yasumasa Kanada. After her are Lajos Kű, Mikheil Korkia, Karen Wetterhahn, Jürgen Marcus, John Foxx, and Edward Rutherfurd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 8,011 out of 20,380. Before her are Ralph Meeker (1920), Jenna Ortega (2002), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), James Ransone (1979), and Joe Roberts (1871). After her are John Shea (1949), Bob Mathias (1930), Walter Murch (1943), Christina Maslach (1946), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), and Laura Leighton (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 620. Before her are Roderick Thorp (1936), Ring Lardner (1885), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Kristin Hannah (1960), Fred Saberhagen (1930), and Paddy Chayefsky (1923). After her are Bill O'Reilly (1949), Madeline Miller (1978), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Christopher Paolini (1983), Scott O'Dell (1898), and John Antoine Nau (1860).

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