WRITER

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. As an author, she is a New York Times and international bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal and The Josette Frank Award for Fiction. She is a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow and the first American writer of young adult literature to speak at the European Parliament and NATO. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruta Sepetys has received more than 354,831 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruta Sepetys is the 7,022nd most popular writer, the 15,856th most popular biography from United States and the 1,111th most popular American Writer.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruta Sepetys ranks 7,022 out of 7,302Before her are Chenjerai Hove, P. J. O'Rourke, Lotta Lotass, Shashi Deshpande, Paul Beatty, and Jon Lee Anderson. After her are Jan Böhmermann, Radka Denemarková, Becca Fitzpatrick, Candace Owens, Yvonne Vera, and George Will.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ruta Sepetys ranks 736Before her are Irene Bedard, Antonio Pettigrew, Edinho Baiano, Steven Mackintosh, Marc Hottiger, and Rogério Sampaio. After her are Peter Rono, Brían F. O'Byrne, Mike Verstraeten, Marcus Chong, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and Marty Walsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruta Sepetys ranks 15,856 out of 20,380Before her are JJ Feild (1978), Tanya Tucker (1958), Brian Holland (1941), Howard K. Smith (1914), Laura Bailey (1981), and Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974). After her are Martina McBride (1966), Joy Bryant (1974), Sam Jaeger (1977), Ruth Ann Minner (1935), MaliVai Washington (1969), and David Brenner (1962).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ruta Sepetys ranks 1,111Before her are Julie Powell (1973), Bryan Konietzko (1975), Michael Savage (1942), P. J. O'Rourke (1947), Paul Beatty (1962), and Jon Lee Anderson (1957). After her are Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Candace Owens (1989), George Will (1941), Geoff Johns (1973), Walt Dohrn (1970), and Lucille Clifton (1936).