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Scott Turow

1949 - Today

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Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novels are set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Turow has received more than 663,375 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Scott Turow is the 6,033rd most popular writer (down from 5,331st in 2019), the 9,896th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,570th in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Juristenausbildung, Harvard Law School, Law students
1977
The Laws of our Fathers
1931
Presumed Innocent
Detective and mystery fiction, legal fiction, thrillers
The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder.
1987
The burden of proof
Suicide, Kindle County (Imaginary place), Fiction
Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent, faces an event so emotionally shattering that no part of his life is left untouched. It reveals a family caught in a maelstrom of hidden crimes, shocking secrets, and warring passions.
1990
Pleading guilty
Missing persons, Kindle County (Imaginary place), Fiction
1993
Innocent
Literature, Fiction
The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent, INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife.
2010

Page views of Scott Turows by language

Over the past year Scott Turow has had the most page views in the with 62,063 views, followed by Italian (7,281), and Spanish (2,527). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (58.48%), Estonian (44.80%), and Danish (34.43%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Scott Turow ranks 6,033 out of 7,302. Before him are Karin Alvtegen, Agustín Durán, Maria Janion, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Anne Fine, and Manuel Rojas. After him are Ľudmila Podjavorinská, Sandro Veronesi, Fredy Perlman, René Benjamin, Danièle Sallenave, and Ravindra Kelekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Scott Turow ranks 597. Before him are Richard Russo, Roger Allers, Aslaug Dahl, Harry Turtledove, Michael Horse, and Artis Gilmore. After him are Wilhelm Kreuz, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bruno Forte, Gloria Hendry, Irene Pepperberg, and Mircea Diaconu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Turow ranks 9,896 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Wetmore (1886), Charles Colson (1931), Andrea Leeds (1914), Bruce Schneier (1963), Jessica Jung (1989), and Hope Sandoval (1966). After him are Robert Morse (1931), Patty Jenkins (1971), Avery Dulles (1918), Chuck McKinley (1941), Dianna Agron (1986), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Scott Turow ranks 747. Before him are Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Dick Cavett (1936), and Andy Weir (1972). After him are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), Tony Kushner (1956), Gustav Hasford (1947), and Stephen R. Donaldson (1947).

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