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Carol Shields

1935 - 2003

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Carol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carol Shields has received more than 248,786 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Carol Shields is the 5,690th most popular writer (down from 5,066th in 2019), the 10,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,128th in 2019) and the 777th most popular American Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 41.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carol Shields ranks 5,690 out of 5,755Before her are Justine Musk, Walker Percy, Ludwig Bemelmans, Alan Hollinghurst, Tim Kring, and Richelle Mead. After her are Benjamin Zephaniah, Tracy Hickman, Ion Negoițescu, Michael McClure, Stella Gibbons, and Susan Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Carol Shields ranks 425Before her are Sylvia Robinson, Jim Hall, Rudi Hoffmann, Kazimierz Paździor, Dorothy Provine, and Daniel Williams. After her are Prem Chopra, Joan Harrison, Bob Denver, Mal Anderson, Tibor Pézsa, and Anne Reid. Among people deceased in 2003, Carol Shields ranks 287Before her are Lou Harrison, Izzat Ghazzawi, Vera Ralston, German Sveshnikov, Steve O'Rourke, and Bill Bright. After her are C. Douglas Dillon, Eddie Thomson, Philip Slone, Hank Ballard, Rachel Corrie, and David Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol Shields ranks 10,244 out of 18,182Before her are Miranda Cosgrove (1993), Cynthia Watros (1968), Andrea Leeds (1914), Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), and Stone Gossard (1966). After her are Evelyne Hall (1909), Birt Acres (1854), Edward James Roye (1815), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Dan Osman (1963), and Olivia Munn (1980).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carol Shields ranks 777Before her are Tom Kapinos (1969), Colson Whitehead (1969), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Walker Percy (1916), Tim Kring (1957), and Richelle Mead (1976). After her are Tracy Hickman (1955), Michael McClure (1932), Crane Wilbur (1886), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), James Truslow Adams (1878), and John Scalzi (1969).