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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 1,789,366 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sue Grafton is the 3,722nd most popular writer (up from 4,025th in 2019), the 4,967th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,561st in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Writer.

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  • 49.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sue Grafton ranks 3,722 out of 5,755. Before her are Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Hugh Benson, Lope de Rueda, Ken Adam, Henry Adams, and Ana Maria Machado. After her are Pyotr Vyazemsky, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Buton Rinchen Drub, Botho Strauß, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Onomacritus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Sue Grafton ranks 274. Before her are Francesco Guccini, Matthias Habich, Eberhard Weber, Zubaida Tharwat, Mary Beth Peil, and Bill Medley. After her are Johnny Nash, Carole Pateman, Richard Marcinko, Jerry Lucas, Zhuang Zedong, and Jean Clair. Among people deceased in 2017, Sue Grafton ranks 247. Before her are Waldir Peres, József Tóth, James Mancham, Isabella Karle, Brad Harris, and Velasio de Paolis. After her are Octavio Lepage, Željko Perušić, Leonid Bronevoy, Torgny Lindgren, Ángel Berni, and Ricardo Piglia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sue Grafton ranks 4,967 out of 18,182. Before her are Charli D'Amelio (2004), Henry Adams (1838), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Kathryn Morris (1969), Dr. John (1941), and Richard C. Sarafian (1930). After her are Harry Frankfurt (1929), John C. Frémont (1813), Hedda Hopper (1885), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and Sam Jaffe (1891).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sue Grafton ranks 417. Before her are Murray Leinster (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), E. B. White (1899), Dennis Lehane (1965), Donald Barthelme (1931), and Henry Adams (1838). After her are Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), David Baldacci (1960), Sandra Brown (1948), David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), and C. J. Cherryh (1942).

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