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American female [[Speculative Fiction]] author, fairly prolific. Was a Classics teacher before working full-time as a writer, with a degree in Latin and a Masters in Classics. Unsurprisingly given the humanities background, her works tend more towards examining the social implications of things. Has written a fair amount of fantasy, but she's best known for her science fiction, having won two Hugos for novels and one for short story. Most of her science fiction tends to be of the "[[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard]]" variety, with [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] being the only deviation from currently understood physics.▼
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[[File:Carolyn Janice Cherry.jpg|thumb|300px|C. J. Cherryh at 2006 NorWesCon]]
'''Carolyn Janice Cherry''' (1 September 1942 - ), pen name "C. J. Cherryh", is a fairly prolific American female [[Speculative Fiction]] author.
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Has [http://www.cherryh.com/ her own extensive website].▼
▲Has [http://www.cherryh.com/ her own extensive website]. Asteroid 77185 Cherryh is named after her.
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* [[Alliance Union]], which contains many series, some only lightly connected:
** The [[Morgaine Cycle]], essentially fantasy novels but with a tenuous tie-in to the Alliance-Union chronology
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* One of her earliest works, ''Arafel's Saga'', is a duology, ''The Dreamstone'' and ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'', in a place where names and terminology reflect Welsh, Irish Celtic, and Old English influences. Arafel is one of the Fair Folk, and there's a human who accidentally gets the mental patterns of Arafel's kinsman impressed on his own mind. [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] appears from time to time as a character who apparently [[Don't Fear the Reaper|regards that one human as something of a friend]]....
* [[The Paladin (novel)|The Paladin]] -- [[Low Fantasy]] martial-arts story set in essentially medieval China, in which pig-girl <ref>That is, she ''herds'' pigs; she's not a [[Half-Human Hybrid]]</ref> Taizu turns up on exiled swordsmaster Saukendar's doorstep to learn the skills she needs for revenge.
* ''The Goblin Mirror'' -- Fantasy in what's more or less medieval Hungary ("Maggiar"). [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|There are '''two''' kinds of beings that humans refer to as goblins]], and one of them seems to be more like [[The Fair Folk]]. They don't much like being lumped together with the other breed. Also, [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls appear to be something like]] [[Genius Loci]], and Krukczy, the one that's seen most -- big and shaggy, with a tail described as ratlike -- is quite benevolent. [[Evil-Detecting Dog|The dog likes him.]]
* ''Faery in Shadow'' is set in Ireland. As the name indicates, the Fair Folk play a '''large''' role.
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* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]] - It's pretty clear that Tristen fell under [[Good Is Not Nice]] at ''best'' in his previous life. If he was who they come to think he was, he killed or [[And I Must Scream|worse]] his own son, apparently for attempting to rebel.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]] - In the ''Rusalka'' fantasy trilogy, a wizard's wishes will come true -- all of them. Somehow. Not always in a way that's good for the wizard. Wishing a stone to fly won't make it levitate -- it'll cause '''something''' to come along and fling that stone through the air. "Wish a stone to fly -- and then beware the whirlwind."
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]] - Tristen, especially regarding horses and birds. {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|Killing his birds]] is used to get to him more than once.}}
* [[Grim Up North]] - Tristen's ultimate origin... probably.
* [[The Heart]] - Pyetr in the ''Rusalka'' trilogy. His home town saw him as '''at best''' a [[Lovable Rogue]] — one woman is quoted as saying he's so slippery that "Rain would not fall on him," but he's what holds together several high-strung wizards as an extended family. One of them, formerly the villain, tells Pyetr's wife that her husband is the only good person he ever knew. Pyetr's younger daughter feels that when he asks her to "be good," it becomes '''easy''' to be good. [[Daddy's Girl|For him]]. His elder daughter didn't know he was her father until shortly before they met ('''he''' didn't know she existed), and she'd grown up taught to fear and hate him, but he won her over in only a few hours.
* [[Honor Before Reason]] - Pyanfar sheltering Tully
* [[Ho Yay]] - Tristen and Cefwyn, who make a good [[OT3]] with Ninevrise. Also Justin and Grant in ''[[Cyteen]]'', including some nice art on Cherryh's own site. Chernevog in the ''Rusalka'' trilogy takes a liking to Pyetr [[Foe Yay|after failing to murder him]], and will address him as "Dear Owl."
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{{John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer}}
{{Robert A. Heinlein Award Winners}}
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