WRITER

Ed Greenwood

1959 - Today

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Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Greenwood has received more than 460,534 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Greenwood is the 6,771st most popular writer (down from 6,114th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Canada (down from 760th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ed Greenwood ranks 6,771 out of 7,302. Before him are Howard Gordon, Sharon Olds, Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, Leena Lehtolainen, and Charley Boorman. After him are Nina Bawden, Abdellah Taïa, Carol Ann Duffy, Claire Keegan, Maja Lunde, and Stevie Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ed Greenwood ranks 639. Before him are Peter Angerer, Oskar Roehler, José Figueroa, Clayton Anderson, Jamal Al-Qabendi, and Masataka Imai. After him are Joachim Kunz, Jon Oliva, Édson Boaro, Anna Diamantopoulou, Maurice G. Dantec, and Maxwell Caulfield.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ed Greenwood ranks 818 out of 1,622. Before him are Rachel Blanchard (1976), Alison Pill (1985), Patrick Gallagher (1968), Andrea Roth (1967), Tracy Wilson (1961), and Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953). After him are Kathy Kreiner (1957), Jessica Lucas (1985), Ray Bourque (1960), Jeff Waters (1966), Bert McCaffrey (1893), and Andy Bathgate (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Ed Greenwood ranks 44. Before him are John Ralston Saul (1947), Robert Elsie (1950), Deborah Ellis (1960), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Élie Blanchard (1881), and Gregory Colbert (1960). After him are Mavis Gallant (1922), Timothy Findley (1930), Cory Doctorow (1971), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Rachel Cusk (1967), and Geoff Ryman (1951).

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