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Paula Hawkins

1972 - Today

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Paula Hawkins (born 26 August 1972) is a British author best known for her top-selling psychological thriller novel The Girl on the Train (2015), which deals with themes of domestic violence, alcohol, and drug abuse. The novel was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Hawkins has received more than 194,247 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Paula Hawkins is the 4,498th most popular writer (up from 4,623rd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paula Hawkins ranks 4,498 out of 5,755. Before her are Erlend Loe, Karolina Světlá, John Farey Sr., Jane Bowles, Lydia Davis, and Olavo Bilac. After her are Aleksey Koltsov, Grace Aguilar, Donald Rayfield, H. C. Artmann, Angelo de Gubernatis, and Qurratulain Hyder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Paula Hawkins ranks 131. Before her are Evan Williams, James Dashner, Victor Ponta, Lhasa de Sela, Sergey Aksyonov, and Elissa. After her are Jang Dong-gun, Bang Si-hyuk, Paul Gray, Kevin MacLeod, Alfred Schreuder, and Jérôme Le Banner.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Paula Hawkins ranks 11 out of 38. Before her are Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Rupiah Banda (1937), and Morgan Tsvangirai (1952). After her are Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Paula Hawkins ranks 2. Before her are Alexander McCall Smith (1948). After her are Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Debora Patta (1964), and NoViolet Bulawayo (1981).

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