WRITER

Ruth Rendell

1930 - 2015

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Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (née Grasemann; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford. A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Rendell has received more than 957,606 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Ruth Rendell is the 1,577th most popular writer (up from 1,633rd in 2019), the 1,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,311th in 2019) and the 139th most popular British Writer.

Ruth Rendell is most famous for her psychological thrillers.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruth Rendell ranks 1,577 out of 7,302. Before her are Sister Nivedita, Gustav Landauer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Alistair MacLean, and Eino Leino. After her are Jean Chapelain, Alasdair Gray, Dean Koontz, Langston Hughes, Alexander Polyhistor, and Giorgio Bassani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ruth Rendell ranks 116. Before her are Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Jasper Johns, Igor Netto, Rahmon Nabiyev, J. G. Ballard, and Gaafar Nimeiry. After her are Anisa Makhlouf, Akiyuki Nosaka, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Pierre Bergé, Vilma Espín, and Omara Portuondo. Among people deceased in 2015, Ruth Rendell ranks 84. Before her are Patrick Macnee, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Cabu, Cynthia Lennon, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Jin Youzhi. After her are Akiyuki Nosaka, Shigeru Mizuki, Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Egon Bahr, and Kemal Monteno.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ruth Rendell ranks 1,217 out of 8,785. Before her are John Toshack (1949), Smithson Tennant (1761), Robert Shaw (1927), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), and Alistair MacLean (1922). After her are Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), David Thewlis (1963), Alasdair Gray (1934), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), and Black (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ruth Rendell ranks 139. Before her are Evelyn Waugh (1903), John Gay (1685), Michael Moorcock (1939), Hugh Lofting (1886), Sister Nivedita (1867), and Alistair MacLean (1922). After her are Alasdair Gray (1934), Robert Faurisson (1929), A. S. Byatt (1936), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Joseph Needham (1900), and Walafrid Strabo (808).

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