WRITER

Megan Abbott

1971 - Today

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Megan Abbott (born August 21, 1971) is an American author of crime fiction and of non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing from a female perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Megan Abbott has received more than 296,039 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Megan Abbott is the 7,237th most popular writer (down from 6,434th in 2019), the 18,329th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,604th in 2019) and the 1,199th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Megan Abbott ranks 7,237 out of 7,302. Before her are Gwen Ifill, Teju Cole, Mary Roach, Jake Tapper, Claudia Rankine, and Caitlin Moran. After her are Abi Morgan, Femke Dekker, Anna Bagriana, Ishmael Beah, Rebekah Brooks, and Henriett Seth F..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Megan Abbott ranks 1,012. Before her are Michaela Watkins, Sukhwinder Singh, Hiroki Hattori, Deuce, Peter Billingsley, and Adam Foote. After her are Kiyonobu Okajima, Sammie Henson, Kenichi Sugano, Takehito Suzuki, Yoichi Kajiyama, and Noriko Mizoguchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Megan Abbott ranks 18,329 out of 20,380. Before her are Aubrey Dollar (1980), Matt Bevin (1967), Frankie Grande (1983), Alex Riley (1981), Bradley Byrne (1955), and Steve Womack (1957). After her are Lisa Lampanelli (1961), Will Friedle (1976), Dana Powell (1974), Johnny Weir (1984), Julia Kern (1997), and Kyle Martino (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Megan Abbott ranks 1,199. Before her are Helen DeWitt (1957), Scott Snyder (1976), Gwen Ifill (1955), Teju Cole (1975), Mary Roach (1959), and Jake Tapper (1969). After her are Lauren Oliver (1982), Celeste Ng (1980), Dave Rubin (1976), Jeremy Scahill (1974), David J. Peterson (1981), and Erin Morgenstern (1978).

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