WRITER

Sue Grafton

1940 - 2017

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Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist, C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sue Grafton has received more than 1,867,952 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Sue Grafton is the 4,761st most popular writer (down from 3,709th in 2019), the 6,509th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,955th in 2019) and the 523rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sue Grafton ranks 4,761 out of 7,302. Before her are Louise Otto-Peters, Lucius Shepard, Edward James, Milo Yiannopoulos, Hans Werner Richter, and Zeruya Shalev. After her are Mikhail Kheraskov, Graciliano Ramos, R. J. Palacio, Dun Karm Psaila, Peter Scholl-Latour, and Abdulla Shaig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Sue Grafton ranks 364. Before her are Ole Ernst, Billy McNeill, Jurandir de Freitas, Tilo Prückner, Imre Komora, and Zvonko Bego. After her are Mirjam Pressler, Mukhu Aliyev, Steve Swallow, Benoni Beheyt, Silvester Takač, and Daniel Quillen. Among people deceased in 2017, Sue Grafton ranks 341. Before her are Karl-Erik Nilsson, Eduard Mudrik, Kim Joo-hyuk, Mervyn Rose, Redha Malek, and Sandra Reemer. After her are Paul J. Weitz, Roberto Ferreiro, Karl Stotz, Vladimir Shainsky, Robert Guillaume, and Josef Musil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sue Grafton ranks 6,509 out of 20,380. Before her are Donovan Scott (1947), Christina Hendricks (1975), Bobby Cannavale (1970), Harry Blanchard (1929), Cornel West (1953), and Brian Hyland (1943). After her are Archie Mayo (1891), R. J. Palacio (1963), Kurt Angle (1968), Medgar Evers (1925), Bob Backlund (1949), and Betty Gilpin (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sue Grafton ranks 523. Before her are Rod Serling (1924), Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), and Robert Ettinger (1918). After her are R. J. Palacio (1963), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), John D. MacDonald (1916), James Lee Burke (1936), and Irving Wallace (1916).

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