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Tad Williams

1957 - Today

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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 13, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, Otherland series, Shadowmarch series, and The Bobby Dollar series, as well as the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers. Most recently, Williams published three novels in his series The Last King of Osten Ard, with the final novel The Navigator's Children being published in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tad Williams has received more than 677,061 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tad Williams is the 3,995th most popular writer (down from 3,984th in 2019), the 5,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,393rd in 2019) and the 426th most popular American Writer.

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  • 680k

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  • 57.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tad Williams ranks 3,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Maxwell Anderson, Ralph Ellison, Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, Mary Norton, and Jan Wolkers. After him are Eleanor Hibbert, Grigol Abashidze, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eduard von Keyserling, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Jacob of Edessa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tad Williams ranks 187. Before him are Eric S. Raymond, Evelyn Ashford, Kevin Pollak, Željko Ivanek, Mirjana Karanović, and Adri van Tiggelen. After him are Carlos Renato Frederico, Fulvio Collovati, Isaach de Bankolé, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Alaa Al Aswany, and Timothy Treadwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 5,223 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Kristen Wiig (1973), Anita Page (1910), Bill Nieder (1933), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), and Albert Gutterson (1887). After him are Brian Krause (1969), Evan Peters (1987), Eddie Slovik (1920), Richard Burgi (1958), Kendall Jenner (1995), and Clifton Webb (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 426. Before him are James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Pauline Kael (1919), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Ralph Ellison (1914). After him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Murray Leinster (1896), and Russell Banks (1940).

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