# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-bannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:09.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-bannon"
name: "Ann Bannon"
slug: "ann-bannon"
description: "Ann Weldy, better known by her pen name Ann Bannon, is an American author who, from 1957 to 1962, wrote five lesbian pulp fiction novels known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. The books' enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title \"Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction\". Bannon was a young housewife trying to address her own issues of sexuality when she was inspired to write her first novel. Her subsequent books featured four characters who reappeared throughout the series, including her eponymous heroine, Beebo Brinker, who came to embody the archetype of a butch lesbian. The majority of her characters mirrored people she knew, but their stories reflected a life she did not feel she was able to live. Despite her traditional upbringing and role in married life, her novels defied conventions for romance stories and depictions of lesbians by addressing complex homosexual relationships."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann_Bannon_in_1983.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.246404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1538199/"
    handle:    "nm1538199"
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    url:       "http://www.annbannon.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump