WRITER

Phyllis A. Whitney

1903 - 2008

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Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 – February 8, 2008) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels. Born in Yokohama, Japan to American parents in 1903, she spent her early years in Asia. After the death of her parents she moved to Chicago where she lived with her aunt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phyllis A. Whitney has received more than 102,698 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Phyllis A. Whitney is the 6,403rd most popular writer (down from 5,860th in 2019), the 1,778th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,638th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Phyllis A. Whitney ranks 6,403 out of 7,302. Before her are Joe Paterno, Asma Barlas, Michelle Paver, Leslie Feinberg, Jennifer Egan, and James Patrick Kelly. After her are Janet Evanovich, Tron Øgrim, Thomas Percy, Joe Hill, Māra Zālīte, and Ayi Kwei Armah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Phyllis A. Whitney ranks 358. Before her are Luis Izzeta, Edgar Buchanan, DeHart Hubbard, José Miracca, June Marlowe, and Mike Mansfield. After her are Hughie Gallacher, Al Hirschfeld, George E. Stone, Ray Noble, Countee Cullen, and Stuart Erwin. Among people deceased in 2008, Phyllis A. Whitney ranks 369. Before her are Péter Baczakó, Beverly Garland, Beatrice Ohanessian, Derog Gioura, Gertrude Liebhart, and Bill Melendez. After her are Rob Knox, Andrew M. Gleason, Maryvonne Dupureur, Chuck Daigh, Forrest J Ackerman, and Hazel Court.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Phyllis A. Whitney ranks 1,778 out of 6,245. Before her are Katsura Hoshino (1980), Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Ai Sugiyama (1975), and Hideki Tsukamoto (1973). After her are Yuki Tsunoda (2000), Shohei Ono (1992), Kiyoshi Tanabe (1940), Daisuke Matsui (1981), Shiho Kaneda (1965), and Naoko Nishigai (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Phyllis A. Whitney ranks 115. Before her are Gen Urobuchi (1972), Tomoji Abe (1903), Reki Kawahara (1974), Mieko Kawakami (1976), Jun Maeda (1975), and Reiko Yoshida (1967). After her are Sayaka Murata (1979), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Sui Ishida (1986), Kaori Ekuni (1964), and Hitomi Kanehara (1983).

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