WRITER

Jean M. Auel

1936 - Today

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Jean Marie Auel (; née Untinen; born February 18, 1936) is an American writer who wrote the Earth's Children books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores human activities during this time, and touches on the interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean M. Auel has received more than 705,439 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean M. Auel is the 1,354th most popular writer (down from 1,150th in 2019), the 1,661st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,401st in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Writer.

Jean M. Auel is most famous for her Earth's Children series, which takes place in prehistoric times. The series follows a young woman, Ayla, who is orphaned as a child and raised by Neanderthals.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The valley of horses
1982
Valley of Horses, The (Earth's Children®)
1986
Shelters of Stone, The (Earth's Children®)
2002
Mammoth Hunters, The (Earth's Children®)
1999
Plains of Passage, The (Earth's Children®)
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean M. Auel ranks 1,354 out of 7,302. Before her are Abu Tammam, Ignazio Silone, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, and Xavier de Maistre. After her are Robert de Montesquiou, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, Wace, and Thornton Wilder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jean M. Auel ranks 91. Before her are Christine Nöstlinger, Petar Mladenov, Omar Suleiman, Eric Walter Elst, Samuel C. C. Ting, and Leonel Sánchez. After her are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Héctor Elizondo, Don DeLillo, Moussa Traoré, Dean Stockwell, and A. B. Yehoshua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean M. Auel ranks 1,661 out of 20,380. Before her are Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Jennifer Grey (1960), Vera Miles (1929), and John Turturro (1957). After her are Frank Zane (1942), Robert J. Shiller (1946), LeBron James (1984), Thornton Wilder (1897), Cesar Romero (1907), and Elmer Bernstein (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jean M. Auel ranks 149. Before her are Danielle Steel (1947), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Ken Kesey (1935), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Anthony Bourdain (1956), and Maria Shriver (1955). After her are Thornton Wilder (1897), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Rex Stout (1886), Robert Wilson (1941), Seymour Hersh (1937), and Don DeLillo (1936).

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