Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author

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Born: March 20, 1955
Age in 2026: 71
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1955

About Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Nina Kiriki Hoffman is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer. Her first nationally published short story appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in 1983. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future award and was published in the first of the Writers of the Future anthologies. Her short story "Trophy Wives" won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Her novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.

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Nina Kiriki Hoffman timeline

1983Her first nationally published short story appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in 1983.
2008Her short story "Trophy Wives" won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

The world when Nina Kiriki Hoffman was born

Nina Kiriki Hoffman was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

#1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
Top movieMarty
Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Nina Kiriki Hoffman's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1955	2026
Gas	$0.29	$3.45/gal
Average home	$10,950	$435,000
Average income	$6,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.75	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.50	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	165.3M	341 million

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