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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 224,332 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jo Walton is the 6,235th most popular writer (down from 5,617th in 2019), the 5,952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,516th in 2019) and the 648th most popular British Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 34.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jo Walton ranks 6,235 out of 5,755Before her are Edwin Morgan, Khady Sylla, Sidney Lanier, Robert B. Spencer, Kage Baker, and Charles Frazier. After her are Saša Stanišić, Samanta Schweblin, Alexis Jenni, Roya Hakakian, Fatima Meer, and Somaly Mam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jo Walton ranks 667Before her are Satoru Mochizuki, Vyacheslav Maltsev, Glenn Beck, Raven, Bonnie Blair, and Tibor Komáromi. After her are Wendy Williams, Elizabeth Kostova, Andreas Ogris, Mauro Fiore, Kaija Parve, and Stefano Palmieri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 5,952 out of 7,765Before her are Ophelia Lovibond (1986), Rory Delap (1976), Jeffrey Dunn (1961), Jonathan Miller (1934), Silas Carson (1965), and Dominic Keating (1962). After her are Ali Carter (1979), Dominic Cummings (1971), Jemma Redgrave (1965), Hamilton Camp (1934), Jean Kent (1921), and Aneurin Barnard (1987).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 648Before her are Benjamin Jowett (1817), Andrea Levy (1956), Anna Burns (1962), Laurie Lee (1914), Charley Boorman (1966), and Edwin Morgan (1920). After her are Ken MacLeod (1954), Terry Nation (1930), Sara Ahmed (1969), David Nicholls (1966), George Monbiot (1963), and Tom Holland (1968).

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