John C. Wright
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John C. Wright (John Charles Wright, born 1961) is an acclaimed author of science fiction and fantasy novels. A Nebula award finalist (for the fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos), he was called "this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" by Publishers Weekly (after publication of his debut novel, The Golden Age).
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Novels
- The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Vol 1)
- The Phoenix Exultant (The Golden Age, Vol 2)
- The Golden Transcendence (The Golden Age, Vol 3)
- Last Guardian of Everness (War of the Dreaming, Vol 1)
- Mists of Everness (War of the Dreaming, Vol 2)
- Orphans of Chaos (The Chaos Chronicles, Vol 1)
- Fugitives of Chaos (forthcoming)
- Titans of Chaos (forthcoming)
- Null-A Continuum (forthcoming)
Other publications
- "Farthest Man from Earth," (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 19 # 4 & 5, No.229-230, April 1995.
- "Guest Law," (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 21 # 6, No.258, June 1997.
- Year's Best SF 3, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism, 1998.
- "Not Born a Man," (short story) Aberrations, #24, October 1994.
- "Forgotten Causes," (short story) Absolute Magnitude, #16, Summer 2001.
- "Awake in the Night," (novella) appearing in William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Eternal Love, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Wildside Press (December 2003).
- "Last of All Suns," (novella) electronic publication.
Personal History
A retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, he graduated from the College of William and Mary's Law School in 1987, after having studied the Great Books at (St. John's College of Maryland. He was admitted to the practice of law in three jurisdictions (New York, May 1989; Maryland, December 1990; Washington, DC, January 1994). His law practice was unsuccessful enough to drive him into bankruptcy soon thereafter. His stint as a newspaperman for the St. Mary's Today was more rewarding spiritually, but not financially. He presently works (successfully) as a writer in Virginia, where he lives in fairy-tale-like happiness with his wife, the authoress L. Jagi Lamplighter (St. John's College of Maryland, class of 1985), and their three children, Orville, Wilbur, and Just.
Interviews
- Interview conducted by Nick Gevers of Locus Online
- Interview conducted by Jay Tomio for Fantasybookspot.com
- Review at SFSignal, features a detailed account of Wright's conversion story in the comments below.
External Links
- Fantastic and Speculative Fiction by John C. Wright, a web site devoted to John C. Wright's publications