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WRITER

Ted Chiang

1967 - Today

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Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Chiang has received more than 2,151,725 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ted Chiang is the 4,900th most popular writer (down from 4,664th in 2019), the 7,195th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,144th in 2019) and the 582nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ted Chiang ranks 4,900 out of 5,755Before him are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Sergey Gorodetsky, August Spies, Christian Matras, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, and Tom Peters. After him are Henriette Roland Holst, Edward Rutherfurd, François Weyergans, Frano Selak, Lester del Rey, and Ring Lardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ted Chiang ranks 198Before him are Zvonimir Soldo, Criss Angel, Scott Weiland, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Sherry Stringfield, and Frankie Fredericks. After him are Magdalena Forsberg, Riddick Bowe, Igor Dobrovolski, José Padilha, Mohamed Nasheed, and Edu Manga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 7,195 out of 18,182Before him are Mary-Claire King (1946), Richard Mulligan (1932), Stan Musial (1920), Terry Kinney (1954), Tom Peters (1942), and George Tenet (1953). After him are George Crook (1828), Riddick Bowe (1967), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Zachary Levi (1980), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), and Terry Moore (1929).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 582Before him are Kenneth Copeland (1936), Karin Slaughter (1971), Rita Mae Brown (1944), John Green (1977), Gardner Fox (1911), and Tom Peters (1942). After him are Lester del Rey (1915), Ring Lardner (1885), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Pauline Kael (1919), and Conrad Aiken (1889).