# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-mertz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:48:02.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-mertz"
name: "Barbara Mertz"
slug: "barbara-mertz"
description: "Barbara Louise Mertz, known professionally as Elizabeth Peters and as Barbara Michaels, was an American author. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. She was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, including the Amelia Peabody book series."
tagline: "American novelist and Egyptologist (1927–2013)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-09-29"
deathDate: "2013-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.39
  momentum:             8.40830236614591
  historical:           14.11394
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://barbaramertz.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6fa44d6-7a5a-442e-94eb-0e40adb5aaac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "إليزابيث بيترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "اليزابيث بيترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters"
    title: "Elizabeth Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters"
    title: "Elizabeth Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters"
    title: "Elizabeth Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "エリザベス・ピーターズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%86%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Мертц, Барбара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86"
    title: "Барбара Мерц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Barbara Mertz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_Mertz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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