John Varley (author)

John Varley
Varley in 1992
Born	John Herbert Varley (1947-08-09)August 9, 1947 Austin, Texas, U.S.
Died	December 10, 2025(2025-12-10) (aged 78) Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Period	1974–2018
Genre	Science fiction
Website
varley.net

John Herbert Varley (August 9, 1947 – December 10, 2025) was an American science fiction writer. He won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas. His best known novellas were The Persistence of Vision and PRESS ENTER ■.

Varley died in Beaverton, Oregon on December 10, 2025, at the age of 78.

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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: John Varley

• Official website
• Interview by Clarkesworld Magazine (October 2012)
• John Varley on IMDb
• John Varley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Review of Varley's "Eight Worlds" stories by Jo Walton (March 2010)
• Varley Vade mecum: Bibliography, Gaea Maps (Archived December 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine)

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