WRITER

Joan D. Vinge

1948 - Today

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Joan D. Vinge ( ; born April 2, 1948, as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan D. Vinge has received more than 160,515 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joan D. Vinge is the 5,862nd most popular writer (down from 5,700th in 2019), the 9,249th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,428th in 2019) and the 702nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joan D. Vinge ranks 5,862 out of 7,302. Before her are Daniel Goldhagen, Charles Mackay, Eldridge Cleaver, José Amador de los Ríos, Tony Hillerman, and Malcolm Bradbury. After her are André Chamson, Laura Restrepo, Gurdial Singh, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, José Burgos, and Archibald MacLeish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Joan D. Vinge ranks 587. Before her are Nadezhda Tkachenko, Georgi Yartsev, Wadih Sa'adeh, Mimi Kennedy, Carlos Ruiz, and Tubilandu Ndimbi. After her are Vítězslav Mácha, Lynsey de Paul, Vassilios Skouris, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Bonfoh Abass, and Rosemary Casals.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 9,249 out of 20,380. Before her are Alex Hannum (1923), DJ Qualls (1978), Roy Acuff (1903), Scott Caan (1976), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Nikki Reed (1988). After her are Dan Haggerty (1942), James Scott (1885), Dave Schultz (1959), Cole Hauser (1975), Chelsea Field (1957), and Daniel Kelly (1883).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 702. Before her are Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Tony Hillerman (1925). After her are Archibald MacLeish (1892), Booth Tarkington (1869), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Lyman Abbott (1835), and Albert Maltz (1908).

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