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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 592,756 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Darren Shan is the 6,125th most popular writer (down from 5,384th in 2019), the 5,066th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,380th in 2019) and the 569th most popular British Writer.

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  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Darren Shan ranks 6,125 out of 7,302. Before him are Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, Rolf Jacobsen, Louis Sachar, and Michael Lewis. After him are Dannie Abse, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Victoria Amelina, Éva Janikovszky, and Aleksandr Volodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Darren Shan ranks 300. Before him are Chantal Andere, Benno Fürmann, Marc Blucas, Daniela Silivaș, Carlos Checa, and Shuntaro Furukawa. After him are Michał Żebrowski, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, Arkady Dvorkovich, Jang Seo-hee, Piotr Świerczewski, and Archie Panjabi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Darren Shan ranks 5,066 out of 8,785. Before him are John Connelly (1938), John Garstang (1876), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard Tandy (1948), Albert Oldman (1883), and George Butterworth (1885). After him are Dannie Abse (1923), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and David Abulafia (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Darren Shan ranks 569. Before him are Eva Crane (1912), George Grove (1820), Ian McDonald (1960), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Roma Ryan (1950), and Lady Charlotte Guest (1812). After him are Dannie Abse (1923), Ann Cleeves (1954), Reginald Hill (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), J. G. Farrell (1935), and John Addington Symonds (1840).

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