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Karen Joy Fowler

1950 - Today

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Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and social alienation. She is best known as the author of the best-selling novel The Jane Austen Book Club (2004) that was adapted into a movie of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Karen Joy Fowler is the 6,582nd most popular writer (up from 6,585th in 2024), the 13,005th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,833rd in 2019) and the 923rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karen Joy Fowler ranks 6,582 out of 7,302. Before her are Merethe Lindstrøm, Pat Conroy, Antjie Krog, Samuel Daniel, Anne Enright, and Kim Young-ha. After her are Khady Sylla, P. C. Cast, Joel Osteen, John Lydgate, George Farquhar, and Alice Stone Blackwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Karen Joy Fowler ranks 674. Before her are Francisco Uría, Karina Pankievich, Graham Parker, Debbie Stabenow, Wilner Nazaire, and Austin Stevens. After her are Vladimir Semenets, Colin McGinn, Markku Aro, Kenneth Cockrell, Alan Rosenberg, and Russell Carpenter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Joy Fowler ranks 13,009 out of 20,380. Before her are Kristy McNichol (1962), John Salley (1964), Amy Goodman (1957), Harold Camping (1921), Lesley Stahl (1941), and Jim Justice (1951). After her are Grace Caroline Currey (1996), Herman Frazier (1954), Beth Behrs (1985), Eddie Harris (1934), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), and Ramy Youssef (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Karen Joy Fowler ranks 923. Before her are John P. Marquand (1893), Norman Podhoretz (1930), William Kennedy (1928), Annie Dillard (1945), John Scalzi (1969), and Pat Conroy (1945). After her are P. C. Cast (1960), Joel Osteen (1963), Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), Veronica Roth (1988), Philip G. Epstein (1909), and James Lipton (1926).

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