WRITER

Jo Walton

1964 - Today

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Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh and Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jo Walton has received more than 222,326 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jo Walton is the 6,930th most popular writer (down from 6,211th in 2019), the 6,556th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,939th in 2019) and the 726th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The King's Name (Sulien)
2002
Tooth and Claw
Fiction, Dragons, Brothers and sisters
“It’s a sentimental Victorian novel in which all the characters are dragons who eat each other.” Jo Walton, author
2003
Garras Y Colmillos/ Tooth and Claw
2005
The king's peace
Women soldiers, Fiction
2000
The Prize in the Game (Sulien)
2004
Farthing
Fiction, Police, Country homes
In an alternate reality in which a group of English nobles overthrew Winston Churchill and made peace with Adolf Hitler in 1941, a murder is committed at the home of Lord and Lady Eversley, and suspicion falls on David Kahn, the Jewish husband of Lucy Eversley.
2006

Page views of Jo Waltons by language

Over the past year Jo Walton has had the most page views in the with 22,074 views, followed by French (3,251), and Spanish (1,886). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (38.85%), Catalan (34.11%), and Arabic (17.24%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jo Walton ranks 6,930 out of 7,302. Before her are Tom Rob Smith, Attila Bartis, Kamala Markandaya, William Allingham, Rupi Kaur, and Doris Kearns Goodwin. After her are Irshad Manji, Meghan McCain, Alfred Gough, Jeff VanderMeer, Ayu Utami, and Cyprian Ekwensi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jo Walton ranks 753. Before her are Andy Goram, Gunnar Sauer, Paul Parker, Ismail Youssef, Lesley Lokko, and Wynonna Judd. After her are Patrick Sang, Kim Jong-song, Jane Horrocks, Roberto Cravero, Vic Chesnutt, and Éric Srecki.

Others Born in 1964

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 6,556 out of 8,785. Before her are Bill Forsyth (1946), Hamilton Camp (1934), Paul Parker (1964), Robbie Kay (1995), Laura Carmichael (1986), and Lesley Lokko (1964). After her are Andy Gill (1956), Mark Noble (1987), Laura Howard (1977), Jonathan Ross (1960), Adeel Akhtar (1980), and David Slade (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 726. Before her are Dora Marsden (1882), Sara Ahmed (1969), Benjamin Jowett (1817), David Nicholls (1966), Heston Blumenthal (1966), and Tom Rob Smith (1979). After her are Andrea Levy (1956), Dennis Potter (1935), Anna Burns (1962), Alice Oseman (1994), Edwin Morgan (1920), and Ken MacLeod (1954).

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