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Tana French

1973 - Today

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Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress. She is a longtime resident of Dublin, Ireland. Her debut novel In the Woods (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tana French has received more than 1,395,958 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Tana French is the 6,419th most popular writer (down from 5,792nd in 2019), the 11,902nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,952nd in 2019) and the 872nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 49.04

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  • 22

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  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tana French ranks 6,419 out of 7,302Before her are Andrew Sarris, Jáchym Topol, Frances Wright, Michal Šanda, Thomas Hood, and Klas Östergren. After her are Jenny Erpenbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Rick Yancey, Anna Löwenstein, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and James Lipton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tana French ranks 385Before her are Émerson Luiz Firmino, Konstantinos Kenteris, Hideki Tsukamoto, Hélène de Fougerolles, Thomas Frank, and Frank Rost. After her are Oleksandr Ponomariov, Alex Kurtzman, Sasha Roiz, Daimaou Kosaka, Christine Arron, and Igli Tare.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tana French ranks 11,902 out of 20,380Before her are Robert Toombs (1810), Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Michael Gaston (1962), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Jennette McCurdy (1992), and Diane Williams (1960). After her are Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Mike Enzi (1944), Andrew Bryniarski (1969), Tim Commerford (1968), Bill Gosper (1943), and Arleen Sorkin (1956).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tana French ranks 872Before her are James Patrick Kelly (1951), Janet Evanovich (1943), Joe Hill (1972), James Branch Cabell (1879), Michael McClure (1932), and Andrew Sarris (1928). After her are Barbara Kingsolver (1955), Rick Yancey (1962), Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), James Lipton (1926), Daniel Handler (1970), and Helen Gurley Brown (1922).