WRITER

Terry Brooks

1944 - Today

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Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Brooks has received more than 1,410,511 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Brooks is the 2,105th most popular writer (down from 1,643rd in 2019), the 2,640th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,154th in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terry Brooks ranks 2,105 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Golon, Li Shangyin, Fred Uhlman, Marthe Bibesco, James Hilton, and François Coppée. After him are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Choniates, Patrick O'Brian, D. R. Bendre, Ramón Sampedro, and Gaston Paris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Terry Brooks ranks 203. Before him are Kelly Bishop, John Glover, Adrian Smith, Rocío Dúrcal, Marie-France Pisier, and Goukouni Oueddei. After him are G. W. Bailey, Thongsing Thammavong, Christian de Portzamparc, Patrick Sercu, Nelson Freire, and Taylor Hackford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Brooks ranks 2,640 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Schedeen (1949), Johnny Sins (1978), Steve Guttenberg (1958), George Shultz (1920), Jimmie Angel (1899), and Lee Haney (1959). After him are Channing Tatum (1980), Dick York (1928), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Nick Holonyak (1928), Charles Martin Hall (1863), and Daniel Davis (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Terry Brooks ranks 229. Before him are Bob Woodward (1943), Tom Wolfe (1930), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), John Grinder (1940), Walter Tevis (1928), and James M. Cain (1892). After him are Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Ed McBain (1926), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Siri Hustvedt (1955), and Nelson Algren (1909).

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