WRITER

Lauren Beukes

1976 - Today

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Lauren Beukes (born 5 June 1976) is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauren Beukes has received more than 213,051 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lauren Beukes is the 7,207th most popular writer (down from 6,435th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 301st in 2019) and the 25th most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Shining Girls
Murder, Investigation, Time travel
"A time-traveling serial killer is impossible to trace-- until one of his victims survives. In Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to kill the shining girls: bright young women, burning with potential. He stalks them through their lives across different eras until, in 1989, one of his victims, Kirby Mazrachi, survives and starts hunting him back. Working with an ex-homicide reporter who is falling for her, Kirby has to unravel an impossible mystery"--Publisher's web site.
2013
Bridge
2023
Zoo City
South African Science fiction, South African fiction (English), Missing persons
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she’s got to find the hardest thing of all: the truth. An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.
2010
Broken monsters
Women detectives, Murder, Investigation
Detective Gabriella Versado investigates after disturbing displays that fuse the bodies of murder victims with those of animals are uncovered in abandoned Detroit buildings.
2014
Moxyland
Cell phones, South African fiction (English), Dystopias
What's really going on? - Who's really in charge?
2009
Afterland
New York Times reviewed, Mother and child, fiction, Fiction, suspense
2020

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lauren Beukes ranks 7,207 out of 7,302. Before her are Kae Tempest, Peter Craig, Haddy N'jie, Jenna Bush Hager, Yahya Hassan, and Susan Cain. After her are Christine Blasey Ford, Nadeem Aslam, Kelly Link, Tim Winton, Graham Moore, and Grant Wahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Lauren Beukes ranks 944. Before her are Ben Gibbard, Roberta Anastase, Abhay Deol, Ilze Jaunalksne, Stoyan Kolev, and Eirik Verås Larsen. After her are Aaron Dessner, Chay Hews, Kohei Morita, Mariana Díaz Oliva, Tomo Sugawara, and Igor Angelovski.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lauren Beukes ranks 360 out of 454. Before her are Lance Davids (1985), Roland Schoeman (1980), Schalk Burger (1983), Siboniso Gaxa (1984), Ayanda Denge (1982), and Louis Meintjes (1992). After her are Okkert Brits (1973), Ronwen Williams (1992), Roy Wegerle (1964), Panagiotis Retsos (1998), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), and Dean Geyer (1986).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Lauren Beukes ranks 25. Before her are Bessie Head (1937), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Fatima Meer (1928), Es'kia Mphahlele (1919), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), and Zoleka Mandela (1980).

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