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Sarah Waters

1966 - Today

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Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Sarah Waters is the 5,936th most popular writer (up from 6,012th in 2024), the 4,943rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,868th in 2019) and the 539th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Waters ranks 5,936 out of 7,302. Before her are David S. Goyer, Zoltán Ambrus, Kristina Brenk, Conrad Aiken, Ismat Chughtai, and Paulina Chiziane. After her are Archibald MacLeish, Michael Drayton, Marc Connelly, Giorgio Faletti, Theodore Roethke, and Jacques de Lacretelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sarah Waters ranks 331. Before her are Marina Berlusconi, Lucía Etxebarría, Zoran Savić, Tracii Guns, Luca Marchegiani, and Benito Archundia. After her are C. Thomas Howell, David Filo, Wataru Takagi, Frank Ferrer, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, and Roopa Ganguly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah Waters ranks 4,944 out of 8,785. Before her are O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Derek Bailey (1930), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Ed Skrein (1983), and Judy Parfitt (1935). After her are Almroth Wright (1861), Phil Collen (1957), Gerald Scarfe (1936), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), and Michael Drayton (1563).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sarah Waters ranks 539. Before her are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Richard Hoggart (1918), Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), and David Storey (1933). After her are Michael Drayton (1563), Tanith Lee (1947), John Gardner (1926), Anthony Shaffer (1926), Iolo Morganwg (1747), and Dan Houser (1974).

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