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Tara Westover

1986 - Today

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Tara Westover (born September 27, 1986) is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award. The New York Times ranked Educated as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Tara Westover is the 6,023rd most popular writer (up from 7,193rd in 2024), the 10,300th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,603rd in 2019) and the 751st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Tara Westover ranks 6,023 out of 7,302. Before her are Marilyn Ferguson, François Nourissier, Steven Saylor, Thomas Warton, Luisa Valenzuela, and Svetlana Makarovič. After her are Edmund Gosse, Tom Brokaw, José Manuel Caballero, Henry Jenkins, Charles Brackett, and Christoph Ransmayr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Tara Westover ranks 153. Before her are Jon Batiste, Pasha Parfeny, Miguel Veloso, Dane DeHaan, Usha Vance, and Bree Olson. After her are Yoann Gourcuff, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Teddy Sinclair, Piermario Morosini, Kyrylo Budanov, and Katatau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tara Westover ranks 10,302 out of 20,380. Before her are Eric Douglas (1958), Hugh Wilson (1943), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Ken Shamrock (1964), Joe Manchin (1947), and Pam Shriver (1962). After her are Sue Carol (1906), Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Roky Erickson (1947), Howard Hanson (1896), Leon Schlesinger (1884), and Jason Kidd (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tara Westover ranks 751. Before her are Harry Turtledove (1949), Walker Percy (1916), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Carol Shields (1935), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), and Steven Saylor (1956). After her are Tom Brokaw (1940), Henry Jenkins (1958), Charles Brackett (1892), Tim O'Brien (1946), Amy Tan (1952), and Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815).

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