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Ann Rule

1931 - 2015

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Ann Rae Rule (née Stackhouse; October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015) was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, with whom Rule worked and whom she considered a friend, but was later revealed to be a murderer. Rule wrote over 30 true crime books, including Small Sacrifices, about Oregon child murderer Diane Downs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Rule has received more than 1,635,689 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ann Rule is the 5,741st most popular writer, the 8,825th most popular biography from United States and the 681st most popular American Writer.

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  • 16

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  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ann Rule ranks 5,741 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Williams, Can Dündar, Robert Bly, Jules Roy, Darya Dontsova, and Alberto Bevilacqua. After her are Ivan Tavčar, Mateja Matevski, Miguel Mihura, Gerrit Achterberg, Dina Rubina, and Mulk Raj Anand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ann Rule ranks 480. Before her are Wallace Smith Broecker, Ferry Graf, Gustav-Adolf Schur, Anthony Newley, Jackie McLean, and Giovanni Battista Rabino. After her are Věra Suková, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Auerbach, Leyla Erbil, Gert Hofmann, and Valeriu Bularca. Among people deceased in 2015, Ann Rule ranks 380. Before her are Valmir Louruz, Bruno Pesaola, Sadhana Shivdasani, Daniel von Bargen, Elsa Cayat, and Maria Golubnichaya. After her are Allen Toussaint, Richard Dysart, Loris Campana, Osamu Hayaishi, Andraé Crouch, and Karin Söder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Rule ranks 8,825 out of 20,380. Before her are Norman Bel Geddes (1893), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Laura La Plante (1904), T. Keith Glennan (1905), Jack McGee (1949), and John Ashcroft (1942). After her are Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Viola Dana (1897), Sherman Hemsley (1938), Jack Parsons (1914), Alexandra Breckenridge (1982), and Denton Cooley (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ann Rule ranks 681. Before her are Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Robert Christgau (1942), James E. Gunn (1923), Jack McDevitt (1935), and Robert Bly (1926). After her are Gardner Dozois (1947), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Daniel Pearl (1963), Steven Saylor (1956), Avram Davidson (1923), and Edward Abbey (1927).

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