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Helen DeWitt

1957 - Today

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Helen DeWitt (born 1957) is an American novelist. She is the author of the novels The Last Samurai (2000) and Lightning Rods (2011) and the short story collection Some Trick (2018) and, in collaboration with the Australian-Canadian journalist Ilya Gridneff, has written Your Name Here. She lives in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen DeWitt is the 7,210th most popular writer (up from 7,229th in 2019), the 17,973rd most popular biography from United States (up from 18,162nd in 2019) and the 1,178th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helen DeWitt ranks 7,210 out of 7,302. Before her are Caitlin Moran, Rajaa al-Sanea, Henriett Seth F., İsmail Küçükkaya, Jake Tapper, and Jane Goldman. After her are Femke Dekker, Jane Espenson, Beau Willimon, James Frey, Dawid Jung, and Yahya Hassan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Helen DeWitt ranks 777. Before her are Graham Rix, Colin Mochrie, Tom Steyer, Nadine Dorries, Nafisa Ali, and Mal Donaghy. After her are Bharati Achrekar, Jim McGreevey, Steve Foster, Duncan Goodhew, David McCreery, and Mary Carillo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen DeWitt ranks 17,981 out of 20,380. Before her are Jennifer Tisdale (1981), Adam Green (1981), Zak Orth (1970), Peyton Meyer (1998), Raphael Saadiq (1966), and Harry Giles III (1998). After her are Iron & Wine (1974), Mindy McCready (1975), Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (1993), Hunter Doohan (1994), Akiva Schaffer (1977), and Dreama Walker (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Helen DeWitt ranks 1,178. Before her are Bill McKibben (1960), Chris Moneymaker (1975), Peter Craig (1969), Paul Harding (1967), Nnedi Okorafor (1974), and Jake Tapper (1969). After her are Jane Espenson (1964), Beau Willimon (1977), James Frey (1969), Jesmyn Ward (1977), Ann Brashares (1967), and Sanjay Gupta (1969).

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