# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-d-hoch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:07.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-d-hoch"
name: "Edward D. Hoch"
slug: "edward-d-hoch"
description: "Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories. He was one of the few American fiction writers of his generation who supported himself financially through short story publication, rather than novels or screenplays."
tagline: "American writer (1930–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Ed_Hoch_Edgar2004.jpg/330px-Ed_Hoch_Edgar2004.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-22"
deathDate: "2008-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.83276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387775/"
    handle:    "nm0387775"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "إدوارد دي. هوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Hoch"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Hoch"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Hoch"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Hoch"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BBD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "エドワード・D・ホック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%85%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Хох, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Hoch"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7D%C2%B7%E9%9C%8D%E5%85%8B"
    title: "爱德华·D·霍克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2782369"
    title: "Edward D. Hoch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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