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Ruta Sepetys

1967 - Today

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Ruta Sepetys (Lithuanian: Rūta Šepetys; born November 19, 1967) is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. She is a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, winner of the Carnegie Medal, and has been honored by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has been awarded fellowships from the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford, the Rockefeller Foundation, and is the first American writer of young adult literature to speak at the European Parliament and NATO. Her work has been published in over sixty countries and forty languages and is currently in development for film and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ruta Sepetys is the 7,102nd most popular writer (down from 7,023rd in 2024), the 15,948th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,850th in 2019) and the 1,117th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruta Sepetys ranks 7,102 out of 7,302. Before her are Ishmael Reed, Bi Feiyu, Geoff Ryman, Tetiana Chornovol, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Eva García Sáenz de Urturi. After her are Kateryna Kalytko, Nicolas Mathieu, Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, and Peter Hedges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ruta Sepetys ranks 814. Before her are Robert Leroux, Deion Sanders, Kellyanne Conway, Jens Martin Knudsen, Fikret Orman, and Alex Azar. After her are Michel Lafis, Pieter Vink, Jean-Michel Monin, Jaime Yzaga, Frank John Hughes, and Mikhail Yakimovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruta Sepetys ranks 15,955 out of 20,380. Before her are Bianca Santos (1990), Wilson Bethel (1984), Ryan Coogler (1986), Ilka Chase (1905), Big Syke (1968), and Karlie Kloss (1992). After her are Anthony Mason (1966), Dan Harmon (1973), Drena De Niro (1971), Sean McNamara (1962), Tommy Moe (1970), and Perrey Reeves (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ruta Sepetys ranks 1,117. Before her are Jeff Abbott (1963), Jeffrey Goldberg (1965), David Grann (1967), Joaquin Miller (1837), Bryan Fuller (1969), and Ishmael Reed (1938). After her are Joseph Finder (1958), Cleanth Brooks (1906), Peter Hedges (1962), James Gould Cozzens (1903), Andy Rooney (1919), and Ruth Ozeki (1956).

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