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Joe Hill

1972 - Today

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Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American writer. His work includes the novels Heart-Shaped Box (2007), Horns (2010), NOS4A2 (2013), The Fireman (2016) and King Sorrow (2025); the short story collections 20th Century Ghosts (2005) and Strange Weather (2017); and the comic book series Locke & Key (2008–2013). Awards include: Bram Stoker Awards, British Fantasy Awards, and an Eisner Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Hill is the 2,935th most popular writer (up from 6,407th in 2019), the 4,213th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,841st in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joe Hill ranks 2,935 out of 7,302. Before him are T. H. White, Marie Marvingt, Moderata Fonte, Sebastian Franck, Saigyō, and Gottschalk of Orbais. After him are Antonio de Guevara, Subramania Bharati, Mouloud Feraoun, David Albahari, K. A. Applegate, and Edvard Kocbek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Joe Hill ranks 75. Before him are Rafał Trzaskowski, Karel Poborský, Juanes, Dita Von Teese, Jaromír Jágr, and Najwa Nimri. After him are Sarah Clarke, Billie Joe Armstrong, Asghar Farhadi, Carmen Electra, Brian Tyler, and Abel Xavier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Hill ranks 4,213 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Robert David Hall (1947), Clara Barton (1821), Richard Belzer (1944), Steven Holl (1947), and Wilson Bentley (1865). After him are Maureen Stapleton (1925), Todd Rundgren (1948), Sly Stone (1943), Bray Wyatt (1987), Milt Jackson (1923), and David Chase (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joe Hill ranks 337. Before him are Eric Roth (1945), John Ashbery (1927), Edward Bunker (1933), Eric Carle (1929), Carl Bernstein (1944), and Richard Wright (1908). After him are K. A. Applegate (1956), Willa Cather (1873), Mickey Spillane (1918), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), and Bruce Sterling (1954).

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