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Ann Patchett

1963 - Today

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Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Patchett has received more than 1,660,309 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ann Patchett is the 7,060th most popular writer (down from 6,235th in 2019), the 16,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,914th in 2019) and the 1,128th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ann Patchett ranks 7,060 out of 7,302. Before her are Avijit Roy, Edward P. Jones, Larry Christiansen, Es'kia Mphahlele, Marguerite Abouet, and Han Han. After her are Urvashi Butalia, Refaat Alareer, Cleanth Brooks, Carter Bays, Joy Harjo, and Dan Stanca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Ann Patchett ranks 879. Before her are Jörg Hoffmann, Christine Cavanaugh, Susanne Gunnarsson, Vera Pauw, S. Shankar, and Cecilia Rouse. After her are Xavier McDaniel, Vicente Zeballos, Don Michael Paul, Kevin Asano, Trevor Steven, and Philippe Rozier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Patchett ranks 16,134 out of 20,380. Before her are Eugene Byrd (1975), Marques Johnson (1956), Rose Mofford (1922), Azealia Banks (1991), Brandon Boyd (1976), and Cecilia Rouse (1963). After her are Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (1964), Michelle Branch (1983), Stacy Edwards (1965), Joe Ruddy (1878), Robert Iler (1985), and Joe Quesada (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ann Patchett ranks 1,128. Before her are Mike Reiss (1959), James Gould Cozzens (1903), Sherman Alexie (1966), Kenneth Turan (1946), Edward P. Jones (1950), and Larry Christiansen (1956). After her are Cleanth Brooks (1906), Carter Bays (1975), Joy Harjo (1951), Allen Drury (1918), Maggie Stiefvater (1981), and Beau Willimon (1977).

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