# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-rule
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:03:49.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-rule"
name: "Ann Rule"
slug: "ann-rule"
description: "Ann Rae Rule was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, her co-worker and one-time friend, who was later revealed to be a murderer. Rule wrote over 30 true crime books, including Small Sacrifices, about Oregon child murderer Diane Downs. Many of Rule's books center on murder cases that occurred in the Pacific Northwest and her adopted home state of Washington."
tagline: "American true crime writer (1931–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann_Rule_1980_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-10-22"
deathDate: "2015-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.61
  momentum:             1.157196184155952
  historical:           17.25093066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750008/"
    handle:    "nm0750008"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.authorannrule.com/"
sources:
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    title: "安·鲁尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ан Рул"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Էնն Ռեյ Ռուլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4_%EB%A3%B0"
    title: "앤 룰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Rule"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "این رول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2415420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543690"
    title: "Ann Rule"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump