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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 152,993 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nancy Kress is the 5,417th most popular writer (down from 5,057th in 2019), the 8,014th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,622nd in 2019) and the 620th most popular American Writer.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nancy Kress ranks 5,417 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 8,014 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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