WRITER

Janet Asimov

1926 - 2019

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Janet Opal Asimov (née Jeppson; August 6, 1926 – February 25, 2019), usually writing as J. O. Jeppson, was an American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. She started writing children's science fiction in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on a number of science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Asimov has received more than 374,895 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Janet Asimov is the 3,719th most popular writer (down from 3,496th in 2019), the 4,758th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,622nd in 2019) and the 395th most popular American Writer.

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  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Janet Asimov ranks 3,719 out of 7,302. Before her are Al-Nabigha, Joe Haldeman, Galaktion Tabidze, Buhturi, Grigore Vieru, and Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa. After her are Évariste de Parny, Eva Mozes Kor, Bhalchandra Nemade, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Jules Lemaître, and Glückel of Hameln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Janet Asimov ranks 247. Before her are Julie Adams, Salvador Jorge Blanco, Driss Chraïbi, Richard Yates, Fernando J. Corbató, and Theo Adam. After her are Heriberto Herrera, Stanley Cavell, Tadeusz Konwicki, Ladislav Pavlovič, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, and Borys Romanchenko. Among people deceased in 2019, Janet Asimov ranks 236. Before her are Julie Adams, Ram Dass, Fernando J. Corbató, Ndaye Mulamba, Theo Adam, and Robert Waseige. After her are Eva Mozes Kor, David Hedison, Anémone, Vojtěch Jasný, Mark Zakharov, and Gloria Vanderbilt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Asimov ranks 4,758 out of 20,380. Before her are Carol Burnett (1933), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Jim Courier (1970), Loretta Lynn (1932), and Kay Ivey (1944). After her are Betsy Blair (1923), Robert Barro (1944), Cheryl Ladd (1951), Stanley Cavell (1926), Alice Coachman (1923), and Edward Chamberlin (1899).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Janet Asimov ranks 395. Before her are Richard Yates (1926), Marta Kauffman (1956), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), and Joe Haldeman (1943). After her are James A. Michener (1907), Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), Marilyn French (1929), and Brandon Sanderson (1975).

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