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Mary Stewart

1916 - 2014

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Mary, Lady Stewart (born Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow; 17 September 1916 – 9 May 2014) was a British novelist who developed the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She also wrote children's books and poetry, but may be best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and fantasy. Adaptations of her books include both The Moon-Spinners: a Walt Disney live-action movie, and The Little Broomstick (1971) which became an animated feature film titled Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017, dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Stewart is the 5,064th most popular writer (down from 4,841st in 2019), the 4,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,523rd in 2019) and the 432nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Stewart ranks 5,064 out of 7,302. Before her are George Călinescu, Han Yong-un, Walter Kempowski, Margery Allingham, Roland Dorgelès, and John Gardner. After her are Daína Chaviano, Sarah Kane, Vasily Yan, George du Maurier, Amitav Ghosh, and Takeshi Shudo.

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Among people born in 1916, Mary Stewart ranks 230. Before her are Neagu Djuvara, Gino Bianco, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Corneliu Mănescu, S. Yizhar, and Robert Parrish. After her are Bernard Binlin Dadié, Edward Platt, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Jean Margéot, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, and Yvon Petra. Among people deceased in 2014, Mary Stewart ranks 349. Before her are Alakbar Mammadov, Frankie Knuckles, Juanita Moore, Tony Crook, Ara Shiraz, and Sid Caesar. After her are Tony Benn, Bobby Womack, Billie Whitelaw, Cheo Feliciano, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, and Sándor Rozsnyói.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Stewart ranks 4,009 out of 8,785. Before her are Mike Spence (1936), Jane March (1973), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Margery Allingham (1904), Angus Macfadyen (1963), and Frank Morley (1860). After her are Sarah Kane (1971), Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Cilla Black (1943), Linda Grant (1951), Michael Rennie (1909), and Thomas Andrew Knight (1759).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Stewart ranks 432. Before her are Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Richard Bentley (1662), Nicholas Evans (1950), Kim Newman (1959), and Margery Allingham (1904). After her are Sarah Kane (1971), Linda Grant (1951), Alan Woods (1944), Stephen Spender (1909), Joan Aiken (1924), and Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923).

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