Author · born 1942
C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942) is a United States science fiction and fantasy author. Born in St. Louis.
Our catalogue lists 6 books by C. J. Cherryh, mostly epic fantasy, fae fiction and mermaid fiction. They span 1981 to 2010. The most-read is By the Sword (1991).
Books by C. J. Cherryh
By the Sword
Mercedes Lackey, C. J. Cherryh
Faery in Shadow
C. J. Cherryh
Fortress of Owls
C. J. Cherryh
The Dreamstone (Ealdwood Duology)
C. J. Cherryh
The Emperor’s Edge
C. J. Cherryh
Ealdwood
C. J. Cherryh
Awards
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1989 — Best Novel, Cyteen (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novel, Cuckoo's Egg (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novella, The Scapegoat (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1983 — Best Novel, The Pride of Chanur (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1982 — Best Novel, Downbelow Station (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1979 — Best Novel, The Faded Sun: Kesrith (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1979 — Best Short Story, Cassandra (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1979 — Best Novel, The Faded Sun: Kesrith (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1979 — Best Short Story, Cassandra (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1992 — Best Novella, Gwydion and the Dragon (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1982 — Best Novella, Ealdwood (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Emergence (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Visitor (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Tracker (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Protector (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Intruder (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Collection, The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2002 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Defender (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2001 — Best Fantasy Novel, Fortress of dragons (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2000 — Best Fantasy Novel, Fortress of Owls (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2000 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Precursor (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1999 — Best Fantasy Novel, Fortress of eagles (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1998 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Finity's End (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1997 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Inheritor (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Fantasy Novel, Fortress in the eye of time (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Invader (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1995 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Foreigner (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1995 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Tripoint (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Anthology, Strange Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Fantasy Novel, Faery in Shadow (nominee)
Biography
Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction.