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Guidance on how to pronounce those tricky author names , for authors whose last name begins with "C"!

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19 last names beginning with "C"
Deepak Chopra M.D. cho-prah
Michael Crichton Michael CRY-ton
Orson Scott Card or-sun (named after his grandfather, Card says that Orson is a relatively popular name among Mormons and derives from the Indo-European word for bear)
Michael Chabon SHAY-bun
John Connolly John CON-a-lee
J M Coetzee cut-ZEE-uh
Paulo Coelho POW-loo KWAY-lew
Li Cunxin Lee Schwin Sing
Dan Chaon Dan 'Shawn'
Eoin Colfer Owen COLfer (Eoin is a very old Irish name, rarely used outside Ireland with this spelling)
Colin Cotterill COT-er-ill
Kristin Cashore ker-SHORE (emphasis on the second syllable)
Meg Cabot Cabot rhymes with habit - cabit
Amy Chua chew-a
Kate Christensen (like Christian)
Susan Cain CANE
Deborah Crombie CROM-bee
Wiley Cash Wy-lee Cash
Tyler Cowen COH-wen (rhymes with dough)
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