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Judith Krantz

1928 - 2019

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Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist. Her first novel Scruples (1978) was a New York Times best-seller and was translated into 50 languages. Scruples, which describes the glamorous and affluent world of high fashion in Beverly Hills, California, helped define a new sub-genre of the romance novel - the bonkbuster or "sex-and-shopping" novel. She also became a "celebrity author" through her extensive touring and promotion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judith Krantz is the 5,488th most popular writer (up from 5,604th in 2019), the 8,679th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,450th in 2019) and the 642nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Judith Krantz ranks 5,488 out of 7,302. Before her are Federigo Tozzi, Shahrnush Parsipur, Mario Luzi, Altaf Hussain Hali, Agustín Durán, and Petras Cvirka. After her are Clorinda Matto de Turner, William McGonagall, Ahmed Sofa, Anna Maria Ortese, Susan Blackmore, and Nino Martoglio.

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Among people born in 1928, Judith Krantz ranks 466. Before her are Joseph Vissers, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Ennio de Giorgi, Buddy Van Horn, Sivaji Ganesan, and Lucyna Winnicka. After her are Bernard Baudoux, Antonio Ozores, Marcos Calderón, George Deukmejian, André Strappe, and Albert Salmi. Among people deceased in 2019, Judith Krantz ranks 421. Before her are Ingemar Hedberg, Francesco Janich, Gianni De Michelis, Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Francisco Toledo, and Kornel Morawiecki. After her are Pat Crawford Brown, Andrea Pollack, Bernard Lietaer, Yuri Artsutanov, Manfred Stolpe, and Kálmán Ihász.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judith Krantz ranks 8,681 out of 20,380. Before her are Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Michael Franks (1944), Stephen Colbert (1964), Arthur L. Newton (1883), LA Knight (1982), and Rose Marie (1923). After her are Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), Milton Sills (1882), Topher Grace (1978), Doris Humphrey (1895), Roger Stone (1952), and Bernard Nathanson (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Judith Krantz ranks 642. Before her are Walter J. Ong (1912), Robert Bly (1926), Holly Black (1971), Max Eastman (1883), Dorothy Allison (1949), and Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884). After her are Sara Paretsky (1947), Lew Rockwell (1944), Ann Bannon (1932), Kristin Hannah (1960), Peter S. Beagle (1939), and David Weber (1952).

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