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Mo Hayder

1962 - 2021

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Beatrice Clare Dunkel (born Clare Damaris Bastin; pen names, Mo Hayder and Theo Clare; 2 January 1962 – 27 July 2021) was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis and appeared as Miss Belfridge in the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? for two series. She went on to write novels as Mo Hayder. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mo Hayder is the 6,533rd most popular writer (up from 6,567th in 2024), the 5,921st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,887th in 2019) and the 663rd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mo Hayder ranks 6,533 out of 7,302. Before her are Kathrin Schmidt, Anna Todd, Angie Sage, Emanuel Pastreich, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Amy Sherman-Palladino. After her are Shan Sa, Francisco Villarroel, Helle Helle, Peter Pišťanek, Sjón, and Rose Tremain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Mo Hayder ranks 589. Before her are Patrick M. Shanahan, Jorge Bom Jesus, Zsolt Semjén, Michael T. Weiss, Sri Mulyani, and Eli Yishai. After her are Yevgeny Roizman, Patrice Motsepe, Sjón, Nina Åström, Fandi Ahmad, and Aloyzas Kveinys. Among people deceased in 2021, Mo Hayder ranks 654. Before her are Richard Lerner, Adrian Metcalfe, Samuel E. Wright, Slide Hampton, Wayne Thiebaud, and David Khakhaleishvili. After her are Viktor Shuvalov, Michael R. Clifford, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Jane Withers, Toshihiko Koga, and Antonio de la Torre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mo Hayder ranks 5,923 out of 8,785. Before her are Soni Razdan (1956), Angie Sage (1952), Laurie Scott (1917), Thomas Doherty (1995), Elizabeth Fraser (1963), and Justin Wilson (1978). After her are Parminder Nagra (1975), Tasmin Archer (1963), Henry Sewell (1807), Nigel Stepney (1958), Tom Burke (1981), and Malcolm Allison (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mo Hayder ranks 663. Before her are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Caryl Churchill (1938), and Angie Sage (1952). After her are Rose Tremain (1943), Edward St Aubyn (1960), Henry Green (1905), George Peele (1556), Coventry Patmore (1823), and R. S. Thomas (1913).

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