WRITER

Judith Krantz

1928 - 2019

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Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist. Her first novel Scruples (1978) was a New York Times best-seller and was translated into 50 languages. Scruples, which describes the glamorous and affluent world of high fashion in Beverly Hills, California, helped define a new sub-genre of the romance novel - the bonkbuster or "sex-and-shopping" novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judith Krantz has received more than 351,178 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Judith Krantz is the 5,605th most popular writer (down from 4,607th in 2019), the 8,451st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,600th in 2019) and the 652nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Judith Krantz ranks 5,605 out of 7,302. Before her are Whittaker Chambers, L. J. Smith, James C. Collins, Mark Haddon, Domiziana Giordano, and Rıfat Ilgaz. After her are Marie Kondo, William McGonagall, Gyula Juhász, Howard Ashman, Gunnel Vallquist, and Sun Axelsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Judith Krantz ranks 470. Before her are Manuel Álvarez, Ardico Magnini, Finn Haunstoft, Barbara Ann Scott, Boris Kuznetsov, and Laurus Škurla. After her are Peter Taylor, Jorma Valkama, Kate Wilhelm, Joseph Kruskal, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, and Buddy Van Horn. Among people deceased in 2019, Judith Krantz ranks 410. Before her are Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Ben Pon, Frans Andriessen, D. M. Jayaratne, Raymond Bellot, and Sara Danius. After her are Yvette Williams, King Kong Bundy, Klara Guseva, Stefan Angelov, Carlos Squeo, and Hal Blaine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judith Krantz ranks 8,451 out of 20,380. Before her are Kelly Curtis (1956), Willie Davenport (1943), Lawrence Bender (1957), Judy Tyler (1932), Phillip Rhee (1960), and Cliff Bourland (1921). After her are Willie Steele (1923), William Bradford (1755), Theobald Smith (1859), Alex Raymond (1909), Tim Keller (1950), and Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Judith Krantz ranks 652. Before her are Steven Millhauser (1943), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), Whittaker Chambers (1901), L. J. Smith (1965), and James C. Collins (1958). After her are Howard Ashman (1950), Lin Carter (1930), David Benioff (1970), Max Eastman (1883), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), and Karin Slaughter (1971).

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