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Susan Hill

1942 - Today

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Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, which has been adapted for stage and screen, The Mist in the Mirror, and I'm the King of the Castle, for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She also won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1972 for The Bird of Night, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours, both for services to literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Hill is the 6,383rd most popular writer (down from 6,346th in 2019), the 5,626th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,476th in 2019) and the 631st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Susan Hill ranks 6,383 out of 7,302. Before her are H. R. F. Keating, R. C. Sherriff, Lorraine Hansberry, David McCullough, Beverly Cleary, and Felicia Hemans. After her are Damon Runyon, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Leslie Feinberg, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, James Branch Cabell, and John Addington Symonds.

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Among people born in 1942, Susan Hill ranks 674. Before her are Guy Saint-Vil, Jejomar Binay, Anthony W. England, Bobbie Gentry, Alevtina Olyunina, and Sandra Morgan. After her are Harry Chapin, Ann Packer, Pertti Purhonen, Julie Sommars, Mridula Sinha, and Lynn Davies.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Susan Hill ranks 5,628 out of 8,785. Before her are Horace Gould (1921), Emma Samms (1960), Felicia Hemans (1793), Nick Clegg (1967), Harry Atkinson (1831), and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536). After her are Antonia Thomas (1986), Mick Rock (1948), Laura Donnelly (1982), Alex McLeish (1959), Jodhi May (1975), and Andy Carroll (1989).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Susan Hill ranks 631. Before her are Susan Bassnett (1945), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), Elizabeth Carter (1717), H. R. F. Keating (1926), R. C. Sherriff (1896), and Felicia Hemans (1793). After her are John Addington Symonds (1840), Dick King-Smith (1922), Joanna Baillie (1762), Reginald Hill (1936), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), and William Empson (1906).

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