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Val McDermid

1955 - Today

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Valarie McDermid, (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Val McDermid has received more than 1,356,861 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Val McDermid is the 5,217th most popular writer (down from 4,365th in 2019), the 4,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,332nd in 2019) and the 462nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Val McDermid ranks 5,217 out of 5,755Before her are Peter Orlovsky, Jacqueline Wilson, Jean Amrouche, Antoine Blondin, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, and Vjenceslav Novak. After her are Michael Shermer, Elvira Lindo, Olive Schreiner, Carl Amery, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Robinson Jeffers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Val McDermid ranks 324Before her are Fang Fang, Zlatko Lagumdžija, Azar Nafisi, Enric Miralles, Khoren Oganesian, and Dana Carvey. After her are Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, William H. McRaven, Indra Nooyi, Toshio Matsuura, Michel Renquin, and King Kong Bundy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 4,140 out of 7,765Before her are Matthew Lewis (1989), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), and Richard Gunn (1871). After her are Ian Charleson (1949), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Ben Nicholson (1894), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), and Talulah Riley (1985).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 462Before her are Bruno Heller (1960), Roger Ascham (1515), Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), John Clare (1793), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945). After her are William Michael Rossetti (1829), Daniel Tammet (1979), Joanne Harris (1964), Antonia Fraser (1932), Ian McDonald (1960), and Charles Mackay (1814).

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