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Nalo Hopkinson

1960 - Today

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Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), Midnight Robber (2000), The Salt Roads (2003), The New Moon's Arms (2007) – and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk (2001) often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling. Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies: Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction and Mojo: Conjure Stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nalo Hopkinson has received more than 207,248 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nalo Hopkinson is the 7,167th most popular writer (down from 6,377th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 99th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7,167 out of 7,302. Before her are Chris Abani, J. G. Quintel, Jane Espenson, Kristin Cashore, Man Haron Monis, and Elizabeth Wurtzel. After her are Sefi Atta, Stephen Glass, Giuliana Rancic, Eleanor Catton, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and Sanjay Gupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 824. Before her are Jo Durie, Mohammed Shahid, Craig Johnston, Blanche Lincoln, Ashley Crow, and Debbie Flintoff-King. After her are Mark Takano, Anne-Marie Johnson, Bill McKibben, Marita Payne, Wendee Lee, and Tim Winton.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 119 out of 189. Before her are Sandie Richards (1968), Nickel Ashmeade (1990), Kerron Stewart (1984), Novlene Williams-Mills (1982), Musashi Suzuki (1994), and Melaine Walker (1983). After her are Tessa Sanderson (1956), Ricardo Gardner (1978), Christopher Williams (1972), Bounty Killer (1972), Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962), and Germaine Mason (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 8. Before her are Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), and Marlon James (1970). After her are Claudia Rankine (1963).

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