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Scott Smith

1965 - Today

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Scott Bechtel Smith (born July 13, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He has written two novels, A Simple Plan (1993) and The Ruins (2006). Both were adapted into films - A Simple Plan (1998) and The Ruins (2008), respectively - based on Smith's own screenplays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Smith has received more than 29,591 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Scott Smith is the 6,331st most popular writer (down from 5,635th in 2019), the 14,796th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,226th in 2019) and the 1,036th most popular American Writer.

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  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Scott Smith ranks 6,331 out of 5,755Before him are Eka Kurniawan, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jokha Alharthi, Ramachandra Guha, Lev Grossman, and Marguerite Abouet. After him are Rebecca Walker, Al Roker, Lucía Puenzo, Justin Knapp, Vicenç Pagès, and Maria Parr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Scott Smith ranks 717Before him are Svetlana Nageykina, Nobuhiro Ueno, Mini Jakobsen, Marco Antônio de Almeida Ferreira, Pierpaolo Ferrazzi, and Hans Dorfner. After him are Anja Cetti Andersen, Padmini Kolhapure, Steve Bull, Kathleen Heddle, Erzsébet Kocsis, and Aramis Naglić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Smith ranks 14,796 out of 18,182Before him are Donna Gigliotti (1955), Patrick Fugit (1982), Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), Amy Steel (1960), Dave Heineman (1948), and Mark T. Vande Hei (1966). After him are Rebecca Walker (1969), Ben Schnetzer (1990), Al Roker (1954), Ashley Williams (1978), Jess Harnell (1963), and Joseph R. Gannascoli (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Scott Smith ranks 1,036Before him are Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Larry Christiansen (1956), Chris Savino (1962), Carter Bays (1975), Paul Beatty (1962), and Lev Grossman (1969). After him are Rebecca Walker (1969), Al Roker (1954), Justin Knapp (1982), Bryan Konietzko (1975), Tom Bergeron (1955), and Cleanth Brooks (1906).