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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Tara Westover is the 6,021st most popular writer (up from 7,193rd in 2019), the 10,292nd most popular biography from United States (up from 17,607th in 2019) and the 750th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Tara Westover ranks 6,021 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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Among people born in 1986, Tara Westover ranks 148. Before her are Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Jon Batiste, Pasha Parfeny, Miguel Veloso, Dane DeHaan, 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 10,294 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 750. 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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