Nancy Kress
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January 20, 1948
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Buffalo, New York, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Nancy Kress 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 1991 novella Beggars in Spain which was later expanded into a novel with the same title. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion writing workshops and at The Writers Center in Bethesda, Maryland. During the Winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress is the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
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Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, Book 1) by Nancy Kress avg rating 4.09 — 480 ratings — published 1991 11 editions |
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Beggars And Choosers (Sleepless, Book 2) by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.86 — 206 ratings — published 1994 4 editions |
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Beggars Ride (Sleepless, Book 3) by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.81 — 169 ratings — published 1996 4 editions |
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Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.98 — 89 ratings — published 1992 2 editions |
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Probability Moon (Probability, Book 1) by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.35 — 102 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Steal Across the Sky by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.43 — 81 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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Probability Sun (Probability, Book 2) by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.36 — 70 ratings — published 2001 3 editions |
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Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.85 — 61 ratings — published 2005 |
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Probability Space (Probability, Book 3) by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.27 — 56 ratings — published 2002 3 editions |
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An Alien Light by Nancy Kress avg rating 3.67 — 45 ratings — published 1987 5 editions |
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"“…Boredom [is] a moral failing, the mark of a mind insufficiently stocked to occupy itself."
— Nancy Kress (Probability Moon)
— Nancy Kress (Probability Moon)
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| The Alternative W...: Biology Based Science Fiction | 32 | 23 | Mar 17, 2009 04:58PM | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for September! | 20 | 71 | Jun 20, 2009 09:29AM | |
| Hard SF: * Announcement and general discussion | 6 | 17 | 23 days ago, 12:43PM |
