# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evan-hunter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:24:42.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evan-hunter"
name: "Evan Hunter"
slug: "evan-hunter"
description: "Evan Hunter was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of the 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of the police procedural genre."
tagline: "American author and screenwriter (1926-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EvanHunter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-10-15"
deathDate: "2005-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.6
  momentum:             2.206537890044577
  historical:           23.629824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402805/"
    handle:    "nm0402805"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.edmcbain.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Evan Hanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Еван Хънтър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter"
    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اد مک‌بین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Էվան Հանթեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "에반 헌터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter"
    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter"
    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter"
    title: "Evan Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain"
    title: "Ed McBain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dec755fb-ce1c-4586-9e9d-d00d668c2488"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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