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Amor Towles

1964 - Today

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Amor Towles (born 1964) is an American novelist. He is best known for his bestselling novels Rules of Civility (2011), A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), and The Lincoln Highway (2021). Towles began writing following a career in investment banking. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Amor Towles is the 6,925th most popular writer (up from 7,116th in 2024), the 14,921st most popular biography from United States (up from 16,717th in 2019) and the 1,059th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Amor Towles ranks 6,925 out of 7,302. Before him are Maja Lunde, Dave Eggers, Michael Davitt, Howard Gordon, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Josephine Johnson. After him are Hamid Mir, Ransom Riggs, Brigitte Vasallo, Esteban Navarro, Es'kia Mphahlele, and Ed Greenwood.

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Among people born in 1964, Amor Towles ranks 810. Before him are Javier Fesser, Monique Knol, Leland D. Melvin, Timothy Harris, Aleksandr Tuchkin, and Francisco Boza. After him are Marek Kamiński, Henk-Jan Zwolle, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Kusuma Wardhani, Tom Jager, and Tabitha St. Germain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amor Towles ranks 14,926 out of 20,380. Before him are Jake Lacy (1985), Adam Nelson (1975), Erik Rhodes (1982), Josephine Johnson (1910), Kay Starr (1922), and Annise Parker (1956). After him are Russell Allen (1971), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974), John Dingell (1926), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), Dileep Rao (1973), and Claire Dodd (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Amor Towles ranks 1,059. Before him are H. Beam Piper (1904), Michael Goldenberg (1965), Jay McInerney (1955), Dave Eggers (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), and Josephine Johnson (1910). After him are Ransom Riggs (1979), Charles Krauthammer (1950), Valerie Plame (1963), Russell Hoban (1925), Conrad Richter (1890), and David Ignatius (1950).

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