# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denise-mina
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:44.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denise-mina"
name: "Denise Mina"
slug: "denise-mina"
description: "Denise Mina is a Scottish writer active since 1996. Her debut novel Garnethill was a bestseller and won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Award for best debut. It was followed by Exile and Resolution, completing a trilogy of novels featuring Maureen O’Donnell, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse."
tagline: "British crime writer and playwright"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denise_Mina_Free_to_use_Book_Week_Scotland_-_the_sequal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.37574666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DameDeniseMina"
    handle:    "DameDeniseMina"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1317069/"
    handle:    "nm1317069"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.denisemina.co.uk"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Denise Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump