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Valerie Plame

1963 - Today

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Valerie Elise Plame (born August 13, 1963) is an American writer, spy, novelist, and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. As the subject of the 2003 Plame affair, also known as the CIA leak scandal, Plame's identity as a CIA officer was leaked to and subsequently published by Robert Novak of The Washington Post. She described this period and the media firestorm that ensued as "mortifying, and I think I was in shock for a couple years". In the aftermath of the scandal, Richard Armitage in the U.S. Department of State was identified as one source of the information, and Scooter Libby, Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of lying to investigators. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Plame is the 6,936th most popular writer (down from 6,872nd in 2024), the 15,024th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,545th in 2019) and the 1,062nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Valerie Plame ranks 6,936 out of 7,302. Before her are Es'kia Mphahlele, Ed Greenwood, Charles Krauthammer, Roya Hakakian, Laurie Lee, and Koenraad Elst. After her are Lutz Seiler, Sara Stridsberg, Russell Hoban, Conrad Richter, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, and Arabella Kiesbauer.

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Among people born in 1963, Valerie Plame ranks 853. Before her are Sorin Babii, Gerhard Haidacher, Dodë Gjergji, Tracy Nelson, Jordi Villacampa, and Doina Șnep-Bălan. After her are Adriana Bazon, Lutz Seiler, Georgi Yordanov, Sabina Guzzanti, Thomas Dörflein, and Vicente Zeballos.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Valerie Plame ranks 1,062. Before her are Dave Eggers (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), Josephine Johnson (1910), Amor Towles (1964), Ransom Riggs (1979), and Charles Krauthammer (1950). After her are Russell Hoban (1925), Conrad Richter (1890), David Ignatius (1950), Sara Shepard (1977), Dave Meltzer (1959), and Al Jean (1961).

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