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Mark Z. Danielewski

1966 - Today

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Mark Z. Danielewski (; born March 5, 1966) is an American fiction author. He is most widely known for his debut novel House of Leaves (2000), which won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. His second novel, Only Revolutions (2006), was nominated for the National Book Award. Danielewski began work on a 27-volume series, The Familiar, although he completed only five volumes before halting the project in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Z. Danielewski is the 6,891st most popular writer (down from 6,730th in 2024), the 14,720th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,655th in 2019) and the 1,047th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mark Z. Danielewski ranks 6,891 out of 7,302Before her are Erik Möller, James Gleick, Michela Murgia, Alexis Jenni, Vicenç Pagès, and Khaled Khalifa. After her are Julia Franck, David Hare, Hamed Abdel-Samad, Edwin Morgan, Chenjerai Hove, and William Gilmore Simms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Mark Z. Danielewski ranks 678Before her are Sholban Kara-ool, Anne Coesens, Trude Dybendahl, Diana Paliiska, Hiroki Azuma, and Gao Hongbo. After her are Anne Ottenbrite, Evgeny Agrest, Nina, Darryl Middleton, Daniela Neunast, and Andrei Olhovskiy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Z. Danielewski ranks 14,724 out of 20,380Before her are Ben Falcone (1973), Richard Carle (1871), Charlie Day (1976), Penny Pritzker (1959), John LeCompt (1973), and Bill Cartwright (1957). After her are Vanessa Carlton (1980), Jewel (1974), John Boles (1895), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Ariana Greenblatt (2007), and Stephen Bowen (1964).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mark Z. Danielewski ranks 1,047Before her are Brannon Braga (1965), David X. Cohen (1966), Elaine Showalter (1941), Julie Plec (1972), Peter Schiff (1963), and James Gleick (1954). After her are William Gilmore Simms (1806), James T. Farrell (1904), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), and H. Beam Piper (1904).