WRITER

Gillian Flynn

1971 - Today

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Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012), all of which have received critical acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gillian Flynn has received more than 3,475,160 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Gillian Flynn is the 6,182nd most popular writer (down from 5,551st in 2019), the 10,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,475th in 2019) and the 789th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gillian Flynn ranks 6,182 out of 7,302. Before her are Michael Drayton, George Saunders, David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, and Maria Teresa Horta. After her are Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Kurt Marti, Lester Bangs, Beryl Bainbridge, and Alan Hollinghurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Gillian Flynn ranks 322. Before her are Noriko Sakai, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Gregory Porter, Hiroyuki Imaishi, José Amavisca, and Stanislas Merhar. After her are Xavier Naidoo, Giorgia, Eric Mabius, Ned Zelic, Allen Johnson, and Thomas Helveg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gillian Flynn ranks 10,616 out of 20,380. Before her are Christine Korsgaard (1952), June Christy (1925), Kathy Ellis (1946), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), Bruce C. Murray (1931), and Herman Chernoff (1923). After her are Eugenie Scott (1945), Samuel S. Hinds (1875), Richard Blumenthal (1946), T Bone Burnett (1948), Arthur Fry (1931), and Al Parker (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gillian Flynn ranks 789. Before her are Theodore Roethke (1908), Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), and Maxine Kumin (1925). After her are Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), Mike Godwin (1956), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Lorraine Hansberry (1930).

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