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Bret Easton Ellis

1964 - Today

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Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters. When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bret Easton Ellis is the 3,762nd most popular writer (down from 2,981st in 2019), the 5,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,758th in 2019) and the 429th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 3,762 out of 7,302. Before him are Ella Maillart, Ryōtarō Shiba, Charles Malik, Douglas Preston, Joseph Joffo, and Louis Adamic. After him are Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Sumitranandan Pant, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Aleksandar Tišma, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, and Gloria Vanderbilt.

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Among people born in 1964, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 168. Before him are Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Bonds, Aleksei Serebryakov, Eduard Kokoity, Diana Krall, and Béatrice Dalle. After him are Miloslav Mečíř, Eusebio Sacristán, Ian Hart, Martin Donnelly, Christopher Eccleston, and Benoît Poelvoorde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 5,435 out of 20,380. Before him are Maude Adams (1872), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), Ishi (1860), Douglas Preston (1956), Elizabeth Perkins (1960), and Jack DeJohnette (1942). After him are Charles Reidpath (1889), John Hay (1838), William Stewart Halsted (1852), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), and David A. R. White (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 429. Before him are Peter Gould (1950), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Cotton Mather (1663), and Douglas Preston (1956). After him are Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), and Murray Leinster (1896).

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