WRITER

Denise Mina

1966 - Today

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Denise Mina (born 21 August 1966) is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denise Mina has received more than 343,273 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Denise Mina is the 7,138th most popular writer (down from 6,391st in 2019), the 7,137th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,562nd in 2019) and the 743rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denise Mina ranks 7,138 out of 7,302. Before her are Will Self, James Vanderbilt, Vanessa Taylor, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Valeria Luiselli, and Adam Elliot. After her are Ann Brashares, Dav Pilkey, Linda Grant, Clay Shirky, Vince Flynn, and Kate Grenville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Denise Mina ranks 819. Before her are Darren E. Burrows, Michihisa Date, Aqeela Asifi, Sándor Hódosi, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Heidi Swedberg. After her are Kurt Browning, Véronique Claudel, Alan Davies, Shaun Donovan, Dav Pilkey, and Cheryl Dunye.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denise Mina ranks 7,137 out of 8,785. Before her are Hilary Benn (1953), Steve Foster (1957), Benjamin White (1997), Jessica Hynes (1972), Poppy Drayton (1991), and Andrew Johnson (1981). After her are Paul McStay (1964), Jem (1975), Rachel Shelley (1969), Noel Fielding (1973), Adam Peaty (1994), and Andy Wilkinson (1984).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Denise Mina ranks 743. Before her are Sophie Dahl (1977), Mark Ravenhill (1966), Tom Holland (1968), Nicola Griffith (1960), Peaches Geldof (1989), and Will Self (1961). After her are Linda Grant (1951), Douglas Stuart (1976), Jane Goldman (1970), Kae Tempest (1985), Jo Frost (1970), and Caitlin Moran (1975).

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