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Janny Wurts

American writer
Person human Q462138

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[15]
Date of birth
December 10, 1953
Place of birth
Bryn Mawr
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
novelist, writer, science fiction writer, painter, illustrator
Field of work
creative and professional writing, illustration, prose, fantasy literature[10][11][12][13]
Notable work
Empire Trilogy[14]
Spouse
Don Maitz[8]
Nominated for
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best First Novel, British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology or Collection[17][18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Given name
Janny[16]
P14750
B349-E06C-C01A-1004-7485[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Janny Wurts de Wurts fa ورتس، جانی، ۱۹۵۳- م. he ג'אני וורץ ru Дженни Вуртс uk Дженні Вуртс
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000116043994
VIAF cluster ID
19915813
Library of Congress authority ID
n86066971
GND ID
1229097775
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
WurtsJanny
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
145247048
CBDB.cz author ID
4562
DDB person (GND) ID
1229097775
Databazeknih.cz author ID
23096
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
wurts_janny
Europeana entity
agent/base/68010
FAST ID
1476518
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Fancyclopedia 3 ID
Janny_Wurts
Fantastic Fiction author ID
w/janny-wurts
Freebase ID
/m/03zjw8
Goodreads author ID
8591
IMDb ID
nm3984023
ISFDB author ID
433
IdRef ID
077718070
Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID
81
LibraryThing author ID
wurtsjanny
NDL Authority ID
00477561
NL CR AUT ID
xx0000316
NLAI ID
1675734
NUKAT ID
n96004881
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007439820905171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810579174405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075157012
NooSFere author ID
-49512
Open Library ID
OL24470A
Prabook ID
2197163
SVKKL authority ID
p0066978-Wurts-Janny-1953
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
wurts_janny
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
15766
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgxmrvPdWCvypVHQ8wt8C
Yale LUX ID
person/8aaf5b39-e2e1-4f93-bdb2-44e9095e70bc
🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, painter, illustrator, novelist, science fiction writer
Nominated for 3
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best First Novel
Field of work 2
prose, fantasy literature
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Empire Trilogy
Place of birth 1
Bryn Mawr
Sex or gender 1
female
Works by author 1
Empire Trilogy
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Summary

Janny Wurts was born on December 10, 1953[1], in Bryn Mawr[2]. She has worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], science fiction writer[5], painter[6], and illustrator[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Janny Wurts include Empire Trilogy[22], a novel series[23], written by Raymond E. Feist[24].

FAQs

Where was Janny Wurts born?

Janny Wurts was born in Bryn Mawr[2].

Who was Janny Wurts married to?

Janny Wurts's spouses include Don Maitz[8].

What did Janny Wurts do for work?

Janny Wurts worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], science fiction writer[5], painter[6], and illustrator[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → B349-E06C-C01A-1004-7485
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: B349-E06C-C01A-1004-7485, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269215|batch #269215]]"
  2. 14w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0066978-Wurts-Janny-1953
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43073|batch #43073]]: substitute P214 reference with P227 reference (2)"
  3. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0066978-Wurts-Janny-1953
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0066978-Wurts-Janny-1953, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Empire Trilogy
    Given name → Janny
    Field of work → creative and professional writing, illustration, prose +1
    Spouse → Don Maitz
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32086|batch #32086]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (28)"
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