High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The People", a fictional creation of science-fiction writer Zenna Henderson, are a group of humanoid extraterrestrials who fled their planet`s destruction, with many of them marooned on Earth in the American southwest since the late 19th century. They differ from humans mostly in their pacifism and paranormal abilities. They appear in a number of stories which are usually referred to as "the People stories of Zenna Henderson".