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Marion Zimmer Bradley

1930 - 1999

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Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Noted for the feminist perspective in her writing, her reputation has been posthumously marred by her daughter Moira Greyland's accusations of child sexual abuse, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children. Bradley began writing at the age of 17 and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marion Zimmer Bradley has received more than 1,497,567 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Marion Zimmer Bradley is the 1,514th most popular writer (up from 1,549th in 2019), the 1,948th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,912th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 1,514 out of 5,755. Before her are Mário de Andrade, Herbjørg Wassmo, Lee Child, Otfried Preußler, Ahmed Shawqi, and Upton Sinclair. After her are Ion Luca Caragiale, Jules de Goncourt, Usama ibn Munqidh, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Andal, and Margherita Sarfatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 112. Before her are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Wolfe, J. G. Ballard, Vilma Espín, and Mauro Ramos. After her are Philippe Leroy, Viktor Tikhonov, Walter Bonatti, William C. Campbell, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and John Frankenheimer. Among people deceased in 1999, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 58. Before her are Rafael Alberti, Amintore Fanfani, João Figueiredo, André Martinet, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Gyula Zsengellér. After her are Alfredo Kraus, Dusty Springfield, David Ogilvy, Barış Manço, Saul Steinberg, and DeForest Kelley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 1,948 out of 18,182. Before her are Sam Elliott (1944), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Garry Marshall (1934), Jessica Chastain (1977), John O'Keefe (1939), and Upton Sinclair (1878). After her are Griffin Dunne (1955), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Richard Brooks (1912), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Burt Bacharach (1928), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 182. Before her are William Carlos Williams (1883), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Gore Vidal (1925), David Woodard (1964), and Upton Sinclair (1878). After her are Elizabeth George (1949), Wayne Dyer (1940), Lewis Mumford (1895), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Alice Walker (1944), and James Ellroy (1948).

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