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Lawrence Block

1938 - Today

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Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Block is the 3,455th most popular writer (down from 2,874th in 2019), the 4,966th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,638th in 2019) and the 390th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lawrence Block ranks 3,455 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmadou Kourouma, Theodore Bibliander, Arctinus of Miletus, Franco Sacchetti, James Aldridge, and Marion Chesney. After him are Sylvia Nasar, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Coelius Sedulius, Eysteinn Erlendsson, Dmitry Gulia, and Tōson Shimazaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Lawrence Block ranks 272. Before him are Alan Rees, Anatoliy Zlenko, Michel Duchaussoy, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Behrouz Vossoughi, and Severino Reija. After him are Marita Lindahl, Karl Schranz, Barry Newman, Moshe Safdie, Dennis Oppenheim, and Enzo G. Castellari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Block ranks 4,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Kyle Chandler (1965), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Quinn (null), Jim Davis (1945), Eugene Stoner (1922), and Robert Mercer (1946). After him are John Henry Holland (1929), Ginger Lynn (1962), Genie (1957), Peter Jason (1944), Michael Berryman (1948), and Jim Gray (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Block ranks 390. Before him are Paul Gallico (1897), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Maurice Sendak (1928), Lillian Hellman (1905), Wallace Stevens (1879), and Gregory Corso (1930). After him are H.D. (1886), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Fanny Crosby (1820), Richard Yates (1926), Glen Cook (1944), and Lois Lowry (1937).

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