C. J. Cherryh
Novelist, Author
1942 –
Who is C. J. Cherryh?
Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author. She has written more than 60 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award winning novels Downbelow Station and Cyteen, both set in her Alliance-Union universe.
Cherryh appended a silent "h" to her real name because her first editor, Donald A. Wollheim, felt that "Cherry" sounded too much like a romance writer. Her initials, C.J., were used to disguise the fact that she was female at a time when almost all science fiction authors were male. Her middle name is, with the accent on the second syllable.
The author has an asteroid, 77185 Cherryh, named after her. Referring to this honor, the asteroid's discoverers wrote of Cherryh: "She has challenged us to be worthy of the stars by imagining how mankind might grow to live among them." Cherryh was the Guest of Honor at FenCon IX in Dallas/Fort Worth on September 21–23, 2012.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1942
St. Louis - Also known as
- Carolyn Janice Cherry
- CJ Cherryh
- C.J. Cherryh
- Carolyn J. Cherryh
- Caroline Janice Cherryh
- Carolyn Janice Cherryh
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- St. Louis
- Lawton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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