Writer

Cheryl Strayed

1968 - today

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Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed (; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Wild, the story of Strayed's 1995 hike up the Pacific Crest Trail, is an international bestseller and was adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated film Wild. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Cheryl Strayed is the 6,750th most popular writer (down from 6,251st in 2024), the 13,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,004th in 2019) and the 989th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Cheryl Strayed ranks 6,750 out of 7,302. Before her are Philippe Besson, Ellen Kushner, Sylvain Tesson, Geetanjali Shree, Jeff VanderMeer, and Joel Surnow. After her are Philip Freneau, Andrey Malakhov, Julia Phillips, Clemence Dane, Carlos Salem, and Victoria Hislop.

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Philippe Besson
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 6,744
Ellen Kushner
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 6,745
Sylvain Tesson
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 6,746
Geetanjali Shree
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 6,747
Jeff VanderMeer
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 6,748
Joel Surnow
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 6,749
Cheryl Strayed
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 6,750
Philip Freneau
1752 - 1832
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 6,751
Andrey Malakhov
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 6,752
Julia Phillips
1944 - 2002
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 6,753
Clemence Dane
1888 - 1965
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 6,754
Carlos Salem
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 6,755
Victoria Hislop
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 6,756

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Cheryl Strayed ranks 582. Before her are José Luis Sierra, T. T. Boy, Jeff VanderMeer, James Toney, and Reinaldo Vicente Simão. After her are Patrick Gallagher, Michael Herbig, Chynna Phillips, Kent Carlsson, Jens Seipenbusch, Doina Ignat, and Wu Bai.

Others Born in 1968

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José Luis Sierra
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 577
T. T. Boy
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 578
Jeff VanderMeer
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 579
James Toney
BOXER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 580
Reinaldo Vicente Simão
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 581
Cheryl Strayed
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 582
Patrick Gallagher
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 583
Michael Herbig
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 584
Chynna Phillips
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 585
Kent Carlsson
TENNIS PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 586
Jens Seipenbusch
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 587
Doina Ignat
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 588
Wu Bai
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 589