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Cheryl Strayed

1968 - Today

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Cheryl Strayed (; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheryl Strayed has received more than 3,149,397 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Cheryl Strayed is the 5,794th most popular writer (down from 5,374th in 2019), the 10,846th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,132nd in 2019) and the 819th most popular American Writer.

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  • 21

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  • 3.12

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  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cheryl Strayed ranks 5,794 out of 5,755Before her are Vikram Seth, Robert Rodat, Laurell K. Hamilton, Tom Wilson, Helen Gurley Brown, and J. G. Farrell. After her are Ben Okri, Bill Prady, Bob Black, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Joel Osteen, and Thomas Heywood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Cheryl Strayed ranks 382Before her are Heather Mills, Fernando León de Aranoa, Miodrag Božović, Oumou Sangaré, John DiMaggio, and Andriy Kuzmenko. After her are Mateja Svet, Uwe Rösler, Jean-Philippe Gatien, McG, Arvind Kejriwal, and Bill Burr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cheryl Strayed ranks 10,846 out of 18,182Before her are Frank Ferrer (1966), Ned Luke (1958), Tom Wilson (1931), Sonequa Martin-Green (1985), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), and Carmit Bachar (1974). After her are Charles Dumas (1937), Michael Coats (1946), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), Arthur Jensen (1923), Elena Kagan (1960), and Eddie Cibrian (1973).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cheryl Strayed ranks 819Before her are Joel Barlow (1754), Damon Lindelof (1973), Robert Rodat (1953), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), Tom Wilson (1931), and Helen Gurley Brown (1922). After her are Bill Prady (1960), Bob Black (1951), Joel Osteen (1963), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Lauren Weisberger (1977), and Susan Glaspell (1876).

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