Occupation Writer Nationality American | Name John Wright Role Writer | |
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Alma mater College of William and Mary (J.D.) Period 1994–present (speculative fiction) Education St. John's College, College of William & Mary Short stories The Parliament of Beasts and Birds Nominations Hugo Award for Best Novella Books Count to a Trillion, Orphans of Chaos, The Golden Oecumene, The Hermetic Millennia, Last Guardian of Everne Similar People Vox Day, A E van Vogt, Alastair Reynolds, L E Modesitt Jr, Catherynne M Valente |
On the books episode 9 author john c wright
John C. Wright (born October 22, 1961) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels. A former lawyer, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, 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.
Contents
- On the books episode 9 author john c wright
- John c wright interview
- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Personal life
- The Golden Oecumene
- War of the Dreaming
- Chronicles of Chaos
- Count to the Eschaton Sequence
- Other novels
- Stories in the Night Land setting
- Other publications
- References
John c wright interview
Early life
John C. Wright was born in Chula Vista, California. He studied the Great Books program at St. John's College of Maryland, graduating in 1987. He attended the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary.
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.
Wright later worked as a newspaperman and newspaper editor 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"
Wright also works as a technical writer in Virginia.
Awards
Wright's Orphans of Chaos was nominated for the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel, losing to Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
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".
On September 4, 2016, Wright's novel Somewhither (published by Castalia House) received the first Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
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. In 2008, he converted to the Roman Catholic Church, of which he approvingly said: "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics."
Wright is married to writer L. Jagi Lamplighter, and they have four children.