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Scott Lynch

1978 - Today

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Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States. The next two novels in the series, Red Seas Under Red Skies and The Republic of Thieves, were published in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Lynch has received more than 1,090,549 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Scott Lynch is the 7,125th most popular writer (down from 6,331st in 2019), the 16,832nd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,024th in 2019) and the 1,151st most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Scott Lynch ranks 7,125 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniel O. Fagunwa, Maria Parr, Francisco Villarroel, Ian Brennan, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Lui Morais. After him are Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Nicola Griffith, Djaili Amadou Amal, Nirupama Rao, Tom Bergeron, and Marissa Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Scott Lynch ranks 783. Before him are Pierrick Fédrigo, Ian Brennan, Nikolai Fraiture, Michael Russell, Petra Mandula, and Tomoe Kato. After him are Lester Moré, Shahram Amiri, Zachary Knighton, Tanishaa Mukerji, Erin Karpluk, and Chérif Touré Mamam.

Others Born in 1978

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Lynch ranks 16,832 out of 20,380. Before him are Zach Randolph (1981), Vincent Piazza (1976), Nadia Bjorlin (1980), Sharon Case (1971), Justin Chon (1981), and Melonie Diaz (1984). After him are Nick Anderson (1968), Stephen Carpenter (1970), Liz Phair (1967), Cerina Vincent (1979), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), and Aron Eisenberg (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Scott Lynch ranks 1,151. Before him are Adam Johnson (1967), Lev Grossman (1969), Julia Serano (1967), Amor Towles (1964), Roxane Gay (1974), and Ian Brennan (1978). After him are Tom Bergeron (1955), Marissa Meyer (1984), James Vanderbilt (1975), Vanessa Taylor (1970), Ann Brashares (1967), and Dav Pilkey (1966).

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