New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

WRITER

Nalo Hopkinson

1960 - Today

Photo of Nalo Hopkinson

Icon of person Nalo Hopkinson

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 195,481 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Nalo Hopkinson is the 6,401st most popular writer (down from 5,708th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jamaican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Page views of Nalo Hopkinsons by language


Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 6,401 out of 5,755. Before her are Douglas Murray, Will Self, Vanessa Taylor, Eleanor Catton, Espido Freire, and Bharati Mukherjee. After her are Adam Johnson, Edward Kitsis, Abi Morgan, Philippe Méaille, Brian K. Vaughan, and Park Yeon-mi.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 711. Before her are Roger Marshall, Gary Gillespie, Lisa Martin, Graeme Sharp, Mark Dindal, and Floyd Cardoz. After her are Alexi Grewal, Anne-Marie Johnson, Jack McConnell, Jack Markell, Glynis Nunn, and Blanche Lincoln.

Others Born in 1960

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 100 out of 168. Before her are David Weller (1957), Deon Hemmings (1968), Hansle Parchment (1990), Ray Stewart (1965), Ian Goodison (1972), and Marlon James (1970). After her are Maurice Smith (1980), Chris Gayle (1979), Bounty Killer (1972), Christopher Williams (1972), Tessa Sanderson (1956), and Germaine Mason (1983).

Others born in Jamaica

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7. Before her are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Claude McKay (1889), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), and Marlon James (1970).

Jamaican born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Twitter Activity

  • DatawheelCL