WRITER

Kate Atkinson

1951 - Today

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Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She has written historical novels, detective novels and family novels, incorporating postmodern and magical realist elements into the plots. Her debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book Award, the precursor to the Costa Book Award, in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kate Atkinson has received more than 769,758 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kate Atkinson is the 5,446th most popular writer (down from 4,845th in 2019), the 4,138th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,716th in 2019) and the 465th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kate Atkinson ranks 5,446 out of 7,302. Before her are Christopher Paolini, Scott O'Dell, Ádám Bodor, Aquilino Ribeiro, Milan Rúfus, and Lukas Moodysson. After her are John Antoine Nau, John Varley, William Muir, Jacques-Pierre Amette, Roger Hargreaves, and Stratis Myrivilis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kate Atkinson ranks 425. Before her are Yury Chaika, Barry Van Dyke, Ramón Heredia, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Dani, and Carme Elías. After her are Olga Jackowska, Hani Mulki, Steve Hillage, Zoltán Ribli, Bill Moseley, and Sergey Tereshchenko.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kate Atkinson ranks 4,138 out of 8,785. Before her are Anne McLaren (1927), Daniel Oliver (1830), Richard Hoggart (1918), Alan Napier (1903), Herbert Lawford (1851), and Eanflæd (626). After her are Catharine Macaulay (1731), Lily James (1989), Archie Stark (1897), William Kirby (1759), William Muir (1819), and Ireen Sheer (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Kate Atkinson ranks 465. Before her are William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Olivia Manning (1908), Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), and Richard Hoggart (1918). After her are William Muir (1819), Roger Hargreaves (1935), John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), and Edward Rutherfurd (1948).

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