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Carol Shields

1935 - 2003

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Carol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol Shields is the 6,014th most popular writer (down from 5,824th in 2019), the 10,270th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,097th in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Carol Shields ranks 6,014 out of 7,302. Before her are Walker Percy, Alexander Afinogenov, Thomas Heywood, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Marie Pujmanová, and Jean Rouaud. After her are Marilyn Ferguson, François Nourissier, Steven Saylor, Thomas Warton, Luisa Valenzuela, and Svetlana Makarovič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Carol Shields ranks 471. Before her are Leonid Potapov, Óscar Chávez, Phil Donahue, Mitsuo Ikeda, Imre Farkas, and Ferenc Török. After her are Ronald Pettersson, Massimo Natili, Esther Phillips, Don McCullin, Antonio Jasso, and Larry Williams. Among people deceased in 2003, Carol Shields ranks 325. Before her are Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Maurice Kouandété, Vladimir Bogomolov, Gene Anthony Ray, Anne Gwynne, and Mamie Till. After her are Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Armand Borel, Vera Zorina, Dave DeBusschere, Edward F. Moore, and Peter Hacks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol Shields ranks 10,272 out of 20,380. Before her are Mamie Till (1921), Megan Mullally (1958), Robert Keith (1898), Pamela Melroy (1961), Rakim (1968), and Calvin Smith (1961). After her are Joel Glazer (1970), Tom Tryon (1926), John C. Malone (1941), Marion Leonard (1881), Bill Belichick (1952), and Frances Dee (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carol Shields ranks 747. Before her are Jenna Bush Hager (1981), Nella Larsen (1891), Howard Ashman (1950), Harry Turtledove (1949), Walker Percy (1916), and Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850). After her are Marilyn Ferguson (1938), Steven Saylor (1956), Tara Westover (1986), Tom Brokaw (1940), Henry Jenkins (1958), and Charles Brackett (1892).

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