John C. Wright (author)

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John C. Wright
Wright in 2006
Wright in 2006
Born
John Charles Justin Wright

(1961-10-22) October 22, 1961 (age 64)
Chula Vista, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationSt. John's College (BS)
William & Mary Law School (JD)
Period1994–present (speculative fiction)[1]
GenreScience fiction (notably space opera)[1]
SpouseL. 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]

Early life

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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 William & Mary Law School in 1987.

Career

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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 has also worked as a technical writer in Virginia.[5]

Awards

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Wright's Orphans of Chaos was nominated for the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel, losing to Joe Haldeman's Camouflage.[6]

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".[7]

On September 4, 2016, Wright's novel Somewhither (published by Castalia House) received the first Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[8]

Personal life

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At age 42, Wright converted from atheism to Catholicism, 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.[9] In 2008, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, of which he approvingly said: "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics."[10]

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

Novels

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The Golden Oecumene

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War of the Dreaming

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Chronicles of Chaos

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Count to the Eschaton Sequence

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  • Count to a Trillion (2011)
  • The Hermetic Millennia (2012)[11]
  • The Judge of Ages (2014)[12]
  • Architect of Aeons (April 21, 2015)[13]
  • The Vindication of Man (November 22, 2016)[14]
  • Count to Infinity (December 26, 2017)[12][14][15]

Tales of Moth and Cobweb

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  • The Green Knight's Squire
    • Swan Knight's Son (2016)
    • Feast of the Elfs (2016)
    • Swan Knight's Sword (2016)
  • The Dark Avenger's Sidekick
    • Daughter of Danger (2017)
    • City of Corpses (2017)
    • Tithe to Tartarus (2017)
  • The Mad Scientist's Intern (Forthcoming)
  • The Ghostly Father's Novice (Forthcoming)

A Tale of the Unwithering Realm

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  • Somewhither (2015)[16]
  • Nowhither: The Drowned World (2019)[16]

Lost on the Last Continent

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  • Terrors of Pangaea (2020)[17]
  • Giants of Pangaea (2020)[17]
  • Gods of Pangaea (2020)[17]

Other novels

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Stories in the Night Land setting

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  • "Awake in the Night," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Eternal Love, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Wildside Press.[18]
  • "The Cry of the Night Hound," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall, also edited by Robertson.[19]
  • "Silence of the Night," as of 2008 only published on Robertson's Nightland.co.uk website.[20]
  • "The Last of All Suns," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall.[21]
  • Awake in the Night Land, Castalia House.[22]

Other publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Wright, John C.". Revised May 13, 2014. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-08-11. Entry by 'JC', John Clute.
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  11. ^ John C. Wright's LiveJournal: Cover Art for THE HERMETIC MILLENNIA and Excerpt Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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  18. ^ December 2003 Thenightland.co.uk
  19. ^ August 2007 Thenightland.co.uk
  20. ^ May 2007 Thenighland.co.uk Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ November 2003 Thenightland.co.uk
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