WRITER

Susan Hill

1942 - Today

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Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, which has been adapted for stage and screen, The Mist in the Mirror, and I'm the King of the Castle, for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Hill has received more than 747,595 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Susan Hill is the 6,347th most popular writer (down from 5,675th in 2019), the 5,476th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,910th in 2019) and the 625th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Susan Hill ranks 6,347 out of 7,302. Before her are Damon Galgut, Arthur Kopit, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Elizabeth Moon, Oscar Hijuelos, and Frances Power Cobbe. After her are Ann Coulter, Compton Mackenzie, Kim Leine, John Skelton, Mark Boal, and Chris Hedges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Susan Hill ranks 661. Before her are Samuel Ramey, Elvin Bishop, Mridula Sinha, Bob Love, Gerry Marsden, and Jon Kyl. After her are Robert L. Stewart, Tommy Roe, Connie Hawkins, Paul Jones, Gene Okerlund, and Bob Gaudio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Susan Hill ranks 5,476 out of 8,785. Before her are Edna Best (1900), Neil Warnock (1948), Paula Radcliffe (1973), Gillian Sheen (1928), Patrick Steptoe (1913), and Emma Chambers (1964). After her are Archie Gemmill (1947), Alex Cox (1954), Sandy Powell (1960), Declan Rice (1999), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), and James Fleet (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Susan Hill ranks 625. Before her are Henry Vaughan (1621), William Roscoe (1753), Stella Gibbons (1902), Kathleen Raine (1908), Brian Friel (1929), and Angie Sage (1952). After her are Compton Mackenzie (1883), John Skelton (1460), P. H. Newby (1918), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), Michael Rosen (1946), and Henry Green (1905).

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