# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/day-keene
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:44.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/day-keene"
name: "Day Keene"
slug: "day-keene"
description: "Gunard Hjertstedt, better known by pen name Day Keene, was an American novelist, short story writer and radio and television scriptwriter. Keene wrote over 50 novels and was the head writer for radio soap operas Little Orphan Annie and Kitty Keene, Inc. Several of his novels were adapted into movies, including Joy House and Chautauqua, released as The Trouble with Girls."
tagline: "American writer and screenwriter (1904-1969)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1904-03-28"
deathDate: "1969-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.61
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.744133333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444706/"
    handle:    "nm0444706"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Keene"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "داي كين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "داى كين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dey_Kin"
    title: "Dey Kin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Keene"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Keene"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Keene"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Keene"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Дэй Кин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3019302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120394"
    title: "Day Keene"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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