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James Dashner

1972 - Today

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James Smith Dashner (born November 26, 1972) is an American writer known for speculative fiction. Many of his books are primarily aimed at children or young adults. He is best known for The Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series The 13th Reality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dashner has received more than 1,187,642 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). James Dashner is the 4,457th most popular writer (up from 4,467th in 2019), the 6,221st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,560th in 2019) and the 505th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Dashner ranks 4,457 out of 5,755. Before him are Marilyn French, René Depestre, Yann Martel, Zaharia Stancu, Willem Elsschot, and Émile Souvestre. After him are Alfredo Zitarrosa, Eliška Krásnohorská, Kedarnath Singh, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Carmen de Burgos, and Edward William Lane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, James Dashner ranks 126. Before him are Conchita Martínez, Severina, Poppy Montgomery, Beth Hart, Nina Badrić, and Evan Williams. After him are Victor Ponta, Lhasa de Sela, Sergey Aksyonov, Elissa, Paula Hawkins, and Jang Dong-gun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Dashner ranks 6,221 out of 18,182. Before him are Preston Sturges (1898), Joe Rogan (1967), Dan Duryea (1907), Brian Doyle-Murray (1945), Lucas Black (1982), and Pat Smear (1959). After him are Aria Giovanni (1977), Henry Slocum (1862), Kenneth Mars (1935), James Agee (1909), Frank Irons (1886), and Ann Blyth (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Dashner ranks 505. Before him are Larry Collins (1929), Horatio Alger (1832), Robert B. Parker (1932), Louis Bromfield (1896), Irving Wallace (1916), and Marilyn French (1929). After him are James Agee (1909), Leo Buscaglia (1924), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Lucius Shepard (1943), Jane Bowles (1917), and Lydia Davis (1947).

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