WRITER

Louise Penny

1958 - Today

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Louise Penny (born July 1, 1958) is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2007–2010), and the Anthony Award for best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Penny has received more than 1,934,937 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Louise Penny is the 3,687th most popular writer (up from 4,793rd in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Canada (up from 379th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Still Life
Police, Victims of violent crimes, Fiction
2006
Untitled Gamache #18
nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2022-12-18, New York Times bestseller, collectionid:nyt2020s
2022
Dead Cold
2007
The brutal telling
Fiction, Murder, Police
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried--but not forgotten.
2009
A Fatal Grace
Murder, Police, Fiction
2007
All the Devils Are Here
nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2020-09-20, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
2020

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louise Penny ranks 3,687 out of 7,302. Before her are Nichita Stănescu, Viktor Nekrasov, Concepción Arenal, Wang Changling, Dmitry Grigorovich, and Oksana Zabuzhko. After her are Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Peter Rosegger, Thomas Friedman, Robert Leckie, Johan Turi, and Albert Aurier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Louise Penny ranks 151. Before her are Simon Le Bon, Andreas Wenzel, Marlies Göhr, Giovanni Galli, Rachel Ticotin, and Ramadan Shalah. After her are Sergey Litvinov, Marina Silva, Greg Mankiw, Michael Wincott, Eric Heiden, and Eddie Lawson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Louise Penny ranks 239 out of 1,622. Before her are Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), Michael Ontkean (1946), R. Murray Schafer (1933), Kim Campbell (1947), and David H. Levy (1948). After her are David Shore (1959), Ann Rutherford (1917), Allan Dwan (1885), Phil Esposito (1942), Kenneth Welsh (1942), and Elias Koteas (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Louise Penny ranks 12. Before her are A. E. van Vogt (1912), David Morrell (1943), Anne Carson (1950), Shulamith Firestone (1945), Gabrielle Roy (1909), and Mazo de la Roche (1879). After her are David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Anne Hébert (1916), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Robin Sharma (1965), and Mordecai Richler (1931).

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