WRITER

Lucinda Riley

1965 - 2021

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Lucinda Kate Riley (née Edmonds; 16 February 1965 – 11 June 2021) was a Northern Irish author of popular historical fiction, formerly an actress and ballet dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucinda Riley has received more than 918,693 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lucinda Riley is the 1,712th most popular writer (up from 1,817th in 2019), the 1,310th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,430th in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pearl Sister
Fiction, general, Fiction, romance, historical, Sisters, fiction
The Moon Sister
English literature, Fiction, historical, Fiction, action & adventure
The Storm Sister
Sisters, fiction, Fiction, general, Sisters
493 pages ; 21 cm
The Seven Sisters
Sisters, Sculptors, Fiction
Murders at Fleat House
The Shadow Sister
Fiction, general, Fiction, historical

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lucinda Riley ranks 1,712 out of 7,302Before her are Sheridan Le Fanu, Boris Akunin, Bernard Malamud, Kateb Yacine, Mao Dun, and Hadewijch. After her are Hermann Bahr, Pierre Plantard, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Lewis Mumford, Mateo Alemán, and David Morrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Lucinda Riley ranks 44Before her are Mick Foley, Aldair, Jürgen Kohler, Chris Rock, The Undertaker, and Andrea M. Ghez. After her are Elizabeth Hurley, Jan-Ove Waldner, Connie Nielsen, Lennox Lewis, Raí, and Vahide Perçin. Among people deceased in 2021, Lucinda Riley ranks 116Before her are Frank Williams, Tarcisio Burgnich, Christa Ludwig, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Ahmed Jibril, and Manuel Santana. After her are Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Cloris Leachman, Humberto Maturana, Joan Didion, Edward Cassidy, and Adam Zagajewski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lucinda Riley ranks 1,310 out of 8,785Before her are Joan of Kent (1328), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Gareth Bale (1989), Anthony Minghella (1954), Ginger Baker (1939), and David Hartley (1705). After her are Jack Charlton (1935), Roddy McDowall (1928), Seal (1963), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lucinda Riley ranks 149Before her are Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Joseph Needham (1900), Walafrid Strabo (808), Edward Lear (1812), Barbara Cartland (1901), and Branwell Brontë (1817). After her are Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Brian Aldiss (1925).