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Sara Paretsky

1947 - Today

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Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947) is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sara Paretsky has received more than 389,298 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sara Paretsky is the 5,253rd most popular writer (down from 4,740th in 2019), the 7,607th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,892nd in 2019) and the 595th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sara Paretsky ranks 5,253 out of 7,302. Before her are Kim Myeong-sun, Erico Verissimo, William Cullen Bryant, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Thomas Love Peacock, and Candace Bushnell. After her are Jiang Rong, Jacques Laurent, Jean Clair, Petr Bezruč, André Heller, and Nalini Bala Devi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sara Paretsky ranks 569. Before her are Theodore Long, Arlo Guthrie, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Ilyin, Tua Forsström, and Larry James. After her are André Heller, Bill Smitrovich, Richard J. Evans, Nikolai Volkoff, Ntare V of Burundi, and Bilal Philips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sara Paretsky ranks 7,607 out of 20,380. Before her are Paige Turco (1965), Andrew McCarthy (1962), David R. Ellis (1952), Kasey Rogers (1925), Larry James (1947), and Judy Greer (1975). After her are Jessica Szohr (1985), Shawn Weatherly (1959), Jan Sterling (1921), James Gammon (1940), Richard Riehle (1948), and Roxanne Hart (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sara Paretsky ranks 595. Before her are Fran Lebowitz (1950), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Katherine Neville (1945), Thomas Ligotti (1953), William Cullen Bryant (1794), and Candace Bushnell (1958). After her are Julia Ward Howe (1819), Chester Himes (1909), Holly Black (1971), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), James Dashner (1972), and Diane di Prima (1934).

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