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Joseph Delaney

1945 - 2022

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Joseph Henry Delaney (25 July 1945 – 16 August 2022) was an English author. He was best known for his children's dark fantasy series, Spook's, inspired by the folklore, history and geography of Lancashire. The series has been published in 30 countries, achieving sales of over 4.5 million copies. Born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1945, Delaney started his career as a teacher, who later authored science fiction and fantasy novels under the pen name J. K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Delaney has received more than 374,727 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Joseph Delaney is the 2,833rd most popular writer (down from 2,627th in 2019), the 2,097th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,001st in 2019) and the 234th most popular British Writer.

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  • 370k

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  • 59.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Delaney ranks 2,833 out of 7,302. Before him are Aeneas Tacticus, Wolfgang Iser, Louis Couperus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Hitoshi Igarashi, and Adam Michnik. After him are John the Lydian, Pierre Grimal, Ronald Harwood, Ben Hecht, Peter Høeg, and Fritz Mauthner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Joseph Delaney ranks 227. Before him are Ferdi Tayfur, Barbara Kruger, Eric Roth, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Francesca Annis, and Svetlana Gerasimenko. After him are Thilo Sarrazin, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Anselm Grün, Erik De Vlaeminck, John Carlos, and Ferenc Seres. Among people deceased in 2022, Joseph Delaney ranks 180. Before him are James McDivitt, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Anatoly Filipchenko, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Kitten Natividad, and Herman Van Springel. After him are Ole Ellefsæter, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Marsha Hunt, Letizia Battaglia, Vlado Milunić, and Franciszek Pieczka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Delaney ranks 2,097 out of 8,785. Before him are James Fox (1939), John Foxe (1516), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), and John Baskerville (1706). After him are William Smith (1790), James Edward Smith (1759), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Glenn Hoddle (1957), and Frank Dicksee (1853).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Delaney ranks 234. Before him are Robert Holdstock (1948), Josephine Tey (1896), Marion Chesney (1936), James Herriot (1916), George Herbert (1593), and John Webster (1578). After him are Irvine Welsh (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Michael Bond (1926), John Fletcher (1579), Walter Pater (1839), and Dodie Smith (1896).

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