John C. Wright (author)

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John C. Wright
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Wright in 2006
BornJohn Charles Justin Wright
(1961-10-22) October 22, 1961 (age 61)
Chula Vista, California, United States
OccupationWriter
Nationality American
Alma mater St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland (B.S.) Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D.)
Period1994–present (speculative fiction) [1]
GenreScience fiction (notably space opera) [1]
Spouse L. Jagi Lamplighter
Website
scifiwright.com

John C. Wright (born October 22, 1961) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels. [1] [2] He was a Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos . Publishers Weekly said he "may be this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" when reviewing his debut novel, The Golden Age . [3]

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Early life

John C. Wright was born in Chula Vista, California. [1] He studied the Great Books at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1984. [4] He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary in 1987.

Career

Wright was admitted to the practice of law in three jurisdictions, New York, May 1989; Maryland, December 1990. Washington, D.C., January 1994. After his law practice was unsuccessful, he went to work for the newspaper St. Mary's Today. [4]

Wright later worked as a newspaperman and newspaper editor [4] before venturing into writing genre fiction. When reviewing his debut novel The Golden Age , Publishers Weekly said he "may be this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" [3]

Wright also works as a technical writer in Virginia.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Wright's Orphans of Chaos was nominated for the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel, losing to Joe Haldeman's Camouflage . [5]

In 2015, as a part of the Rabid Puppies slate, Wright received five Hugo Award nominations, including three in the Best Novella category ("One Bright Star to Guide Them," "The Plural of Helen of Troy," and "Pale Realms of Shade"), a fourth for Best Short Story ("The Parliament of Beasts and Birds"), and a fifth for Best Related Work (Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth). All his works were ranked below "No Award". [6]

On September 4, 2016, Wright's novel Somewhither (published by Castalia House) received the first Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. [7]

Personal life

At age 42, Wright converted from atheism to Christianity, citing a profound religious experience with visions of the "Virgin Mary, her son, and His Father, not to mention various other spirits and ghosts over a period of several days", and stating that prayers he made were answered. [8] In 2008, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, of which he approvingly said: "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics." [9]

Wright is married to writer L. Jagi Lamplighter, and they have four children. [4]

Novels

The Golden Oecumene

War of the Dreaming

Chronicles of Chaos

Count to the Eschaton Sequence

Tales of Moth and Cobweb

A Tale of the Unwithering Realm

Lost on the Last Continent

Other novels

Stories in the Night Land setting

Other publications

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References

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  2. ↑ Abrahams, Avi. "Exclusive: Interview with John C. Wright". Dark Roasted Blend.
  3. 1 2 Publishers Weekly . April 24, 2002.
  4. 1 2 3 4 The Space Opera Renaissance. Tor Books. July 2006. p. 929.
  5. ↑ Mann, Laurie D. T. "SFWA Nebula Awards". dpsinfo.com.
  6. ↑ "2015 Hugo Awards". March 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Dragon Award". awards.dragoncon.org.
  8. ↑ Wright, John C. (September 2, 2011). "Faith in the Fictional War between Science Fiction and Faith". www.scifiwright.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ Wright, John C. (March 21, 2008). "I thought I should tell you". johncwright.livejournal.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ John C. Wright's LiveJournal: Cover Art for THE HERMETIC MILLENNIA and Excerpt Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. 1 2 "The Next Big Thing (The Hermetic Millennia)". Scifiwright.com. December 14, 2012.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Suzanne (March 27, 2012). "Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Science Fiction". Tor.com. Tor Books (Macmillan). Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Wright, John C. "Progress Report". John C. Wright.
  14. ↑ Wright, John C. (December 26, 2017). Count to Infinity: Book Six of the Eschaton Sequence. Tor Books. ISBN   978-0765381606.
  15. 1 2 "Series: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm".
  16. 1 2 3 "Series: Lost on the Last Continent".
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  18. ↑ August 2007 Thenightland,co.uk
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  20. ↑ November 2003 Thenightland.co.uk
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