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Tad Williams

1957 - Today

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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 13, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, Otherland series, Shadowmarch series, and The Bobby Dollar series, as well as the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers. Most recently, Williams published The Last King of Osten Ard series, with its final novel The Navigator's Children being published in 2024. More than 17 million copies of Williams' works have been sold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tad Williams is the 4,517th most popular writer (down from 3,994th in 2019), the 6,726th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,222nd in 2019) and the 510th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tad Williams ranks 4,517 out of 7,302Before him are Hector Bianciotti, Alexander Galich, Robert Pinget, Michalina Wisłocka, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, and Ava. After him are Olivier de Serres, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Rachel de Queiroz, Bahram Beyzai, H. C. Artmann, and Adam Asnyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tad Williams ranks 258Before him are Miquel Barceló, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Mona Sahlin, Rafael Gordillo, Mona Simpson, and Anouar Brahem. After him are Yuri Shevchuk, Martin Donovan, Evelyn Ashford, Lothaire Bluteau, Joël Bats, and Alim Qasimov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 6,728 out of 20,380Before him are Kenny Burrell (1931), Josh Hawley (1979), Carl Icahn (1936), Jimmy T. Murakami (1933), Marion Zinderstein (1896), and Lenny Wilkens (1937). After him are Dann Florek (1950), Rex Cawley (1940), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), Irvin McDowell (1818), and Mark Waters (1964).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 510Before him are Tracy Chevalier (1962), C. J. Cherryh (1942), David Mamet (1947), Mona Simpson (1957), David Baldacci (1960), and Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908). After him are John Piper (1946), Mike Resnick (1942), Jane Bowles (1917), James Agee (1909), Gordon Willis (1931), and Anita Loos (1889).