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Ann Cleeves

1954 - Today

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Ann Cleeves (born 24 October 1954) is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Raven Black, the first novel in the Jimmy Perez series. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ann Cleeves is the 5,640th most popular writer (up from 6,131st in 2024), the 4,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,074th in 2019) and the 498th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ann Cleeves ranks 5,640 out of 7,302. Before her are Snorri Hjartarson, Ian Buruma, Ellen Niit, John Braine, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, and Ahmet Haşim. After her are Ring Lardner, Walter Abish, Elinor Glyn, Jorge de Sena, Ted Chiang, and Ibrahim Kuni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ann Cleeves ranks 432. Before her are Josefa Francisco, Corbin Bernsen, Antonio Resines, Robert Van de Walle, Bruno Manser, and Gérard Soler. After her are Victor Ciorbea, Carly Fiorina, Karel De Gucht, Tedj Bensaoula, Louisa Hanoune, and Théophile Abega.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ann Cleeves ranks 4,577 out of 8,785. Before her are Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Kenneth More (1914), Daphne Oram (1925), John Braine (1922), and John Beazley (1885). After her are James Robertson Justice (1907), Eric Gill (1882), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1983), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and Ernest Mangnall (1866).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ann Cleeves ranks 498. Before her are Sam Houser (1972), Henry Lincoln (1930), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Stephen Leacock (1869), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), and John Braine (1922). After her are Jonathan Coe (1961), John Masefield (1878), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Walter de la Mare (1873), Richard Llewellyn (1906), and Nicholas Culpeper (1616).

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