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Holly Black

1971 - Today

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Holly Black (née Riggenbach; born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Holly Black has received more than 763,455 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Holly Black is the 5,275th most popular writer (down from 5,096th in 2019), the 7,641st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,736th in 2019) and the 598th most popular American Writer.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Holly Black ranks 5,275 out of 7,302. Before her are Vladimir Makanin, Alexis, Chester Himes, Jamaica Kincaid, Jørn Lier Horst, and Bahaa Taher. After her are Takashi Tezuka, Armand Lanoux, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, James Dashner, Shrilal Shukla, and Heðin Brú.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Holly Black ranks 194. Before her are Scott Cawthon, Jyrki Katainen, Jussi Halla-aho, Corey Feldman, Liam Howlett, and Dipendra of Nepal. After her are Paulo Nunes, Ola Rapace, Noah Hathaway, Srirasmi Suwadee, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Sergei Bodrov Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holly Black ranks 7,641 out of 20,380. Before her are Francesca Woodman (1958), Allen Collins (1952), John Musker (1953), Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863), Chester Himes (1909), and Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820). After her are Jonathan Brandis (1976), Evelyn Lear (1926), Buster Crabbe (1908), Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), and Zach McGowan (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Holly Black ranks 598. Before her are Thomas Ligotti (1953), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Candace Bushnell (1958), Sara Paretsky (1947), Julia Ward Howe (1819), and Chester Himes (1909). After her are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), James Dashner (1972), Diane di Prima (1934), Shere Hite (1942), Ben Bova (1932), and Elizabeth Gilbert (1969).

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