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Adam Johnson

1967 - Today

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Adam Johnson (born July 12, 1967) is an American novelist and short story writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2012 novel, The Orphan Master's Son, and the National Book Award for his 2015 story collection Fortune Smiles. He is also a professor of English at Stanford University with a focus on creative writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Johnson is the 7,290th most popular writer (down from 7,112th in 2024), the 17,879th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,663rd in 2019) and the 1,180th most popular American Writer.

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Among people born in 1967, Adam Johnson ranks 1,034Before her are Gerard Kemkers, Kōichi Morishita, Norbert Leo Butz, Masahiro Shimoda, John Harkes, and Jeff Hartwig. After her are Barbara Kendall, Svetlana Fedotkina, Shannon Larkin, Sean Burke, Hitoshi Morishita, and Anjem Choudary.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Adam Johnson ranks 1,180Before her are Carter Bays (1975), Elizabeth Edwards (1949), Mary Roach (1959), Mike Reiss (1959), Edward Kitsis (1971), and Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965). After her are Jon Spaihts (1970), Meg LeFauve (1969), Carl Zimmer (1966), Scott Lynch (1978), Michael Schur (1975), and Ottessa Moshfegh (1981).