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Louis Sachar

1954 - Today

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Louis Sachar ( SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes. Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Sachar has received more than 1,177,112 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Sachar is the 6,123rd most popular writer (down from 4,983rd in 2019), the 10,341st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,409th in 2019) and the 772nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Sachar ranks 6,123 out of 7,302. Before him are Julia Alvarez, Lady Charlotte Guest, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, and Rolf Jacobsen. After him are Michael Lewis, Darren Shan, Dannie Abse, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Eugenie Schwarzwald, and Victoria Amelina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Louis Sachar ranks 509. Before him are Bruce Hornsby, Wim Crusio, Stephen Furst, Donald Petrie, Olga Knyazeva, and Aziz Salihu. After him are Irina Levitina, James Morrison, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Valery Garkalin, Ann Cleeves, and Cass Sunstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 10,341 out of 20,380. Before him are Dave Franco (1985), Magic Slim (1937), Jeff Ament (1963), Rick Rude (1958), Joey Belladonna (1960), and George Woods (1943). After him are Michael Lewis (1960), Lily Rabe (1982), Robert Blust (1940), Curt Schilling (1966), Don Gordon (1926), and Keen Johnson (1896).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 772. Before him are George B. Seitz (1888), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Julia Alvarez (1950), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), and Kathryn Stockett (1969). After him are Michael Lewis (1960), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), David Halberstam (1934), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), John Logan (1961), and Walker Percy (1916).

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