# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-neely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:57:11.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-neely"
name: "Barbara Neely"
slug: "barbara-neely"
description: "Barbara Ann Neely was an African-American novelist, short story writer and activist who wrote murder mysteries. Her first novel, Blanche on the Lam (1992), introduced the protagonist Blanche White, a middle-aged mother, domestic worker and amateur detective. The Mystery Writers of America named her their 2020 Grand Master winner."
tagline: "American novelist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-11-30"
deathDate: "2020-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             0.8108108108108109
  historical:           7.012276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.blanchewhite.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "بربارة نيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بربارة نيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Neely"
    title: "Barbara Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4859184"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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