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Darren Shan

1972 - Today

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Darren O'Shaughnessy (; born 2 July 1972) is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, and Zom-B, published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darren Shan has received more than 581,973 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Darren Shan is the 5,403rd most popular writer (down from 4,978th in 2019), the 4,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,196th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Darren Shan ranks 5,403 out of 5,755. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver, Giannina Braschi, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Max Eastman, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Vasily Belov. After him are Kazimierz Wierzyński, Chingiz Abdullayev, Cyril Collard, Leena Krohn, Éva Janikovszky, and Joe Orton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Darren Shan ranks 232. Before him are Nikolai Lugansky, Maya Rudolph, Devin Townsend, Christian von Koenigsegg, Darío Silva, and Daniel Elena. After him are Ai Iijima, Stefan Everts, Edyta Górniak, Souad Massi, Alison Eastwood, and Gwendal Peizerat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Darren Shan ranks 4,389 out of 7,765. Before him are William Beechey (1753), Denis Lawson (1947), Michael Howard (1941), Florence Pugh (1996), Richie Hawtin (1970), and George E. P. Box (1919). After him are Stephen Morris (1957), Chris Thomas (1947), Tony Barton (1937), Joseph Barcroft (1872), Emma Thomas (1971), and Nick Rhodes (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Darren Shan ranks 492. Before him are Stephen Leacock (1869), Kim Newman (1959), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Stephen Spender (1909), Sarah Waters (1966), and Thomas Hughes (1822). After him are Joe Orton (1933), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), Pat Barker (1943), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), and Sam Houser (1972).

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