How to pronounce author names starting with C

Author Pronunciations

44 last names beginning with "C"

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Amy Chua
chew-a
Maxine Beneba. Clarke
buh-NEE-buh
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Tah-Nuh-Hah-See
Paulo Coelho
POW-loo KWAY-lew
J M Coetzee
kuut-SEE (different pronunciations can be found, but this is how Coetzee himself pronounces it)
Jennieke Cohen
JEN-ih-kuh
Susann Cokal
COKE-L
Eoin Colfer
Owen COLfer (Eoin is a very old Irish name, rarely used outside Ireland with this spelling)
John Connolly
John CON-a-lee
Colin Cotterill
COT-er-ill
Tyler Cowen
cow-en
Robert Crais
rhymes with face
Sharon Creech
Kree-ch
Michael Crichton
CRY-ton
Deborah Crombie
CROM-bee
Yasmin Crowther
yas-meen
Martin Cruz Smith
krooz-smith
Li Cunxin
Lee Schwin-Sing
Dana Czapnik
CHAP-nik
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