Ann Druyan Biography

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Ann Druyan (the surname is pronounced "Dreen") (b. June 13, 1949) is an author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and explain science. In her writings, Druyan has stressed the idea that people can have a sense of awe and wonder about the unity of the cosmos without introducing the concept of a god.

Druyan wrote the books Comet and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, as well as sections of The Demon-Haunted World, with her late husband Carl Sagan. In addition, she wrote an introduction to The Cosmic Connection and the epilogue to Billions and Billions, both by Sagan. Alone, she wrote the novel A Famous Broken Heart.

In the areas of film and television, she was one of the writers for the television series Cosmos, and a producer of the film Contact. Most recently, she is the CEO and a co-founder of Cosmos Studios. She also serves as President of the NORML Foundation Board of Directors.

Other projects that she has been involved in include the selection of the music on the record on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes, and the Cosmos 1 spacecraft which intended to demonstrate solar sail propulsion.

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Awards

• 2004 Richard Dawkins Award
  

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External links

• A Speech given by Ann Druyan at the 1997 annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation
  
• Cosmos Studios Charter
  
• A TV news report on Ann Druyan's comments at the dedication of SETI's Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, October 17, 2006.
  

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