# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-whittington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:06.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-whittington"
name: "Harry Whittington"
slug: "harry-whittington"
description: "Harry Whittington was an American mystery novelist and one of the pioneers of the paperback novel. Born in Ocala, Florida, he worked in government jobs before becoming a writer. His reputation as a prolific writer of pulp fiction novels is supported by his writing of 85 novels in a span of twelve years mostly in the crime, suspense, hardboiled, and noir fiction genres. In total, he published over 200 novels. Seven of his writings were produced for the screen, including the television series Lawman (1958-1962). His reputation as 'The King of the Pulps' is shared with author H. Bedford-Jones. Eight of Whittington's hardboiled noir novels were republished by Stark House Press."
tagline: "American writer (1916–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cover_of_Guerrilla_Girls_by_Harry_Whittington_-_Pyramid_Book_G600_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-02-04"
deathDate: "1989-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             3.839285714285715
  historical:           6.350073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926541/"
    handle:    "nm0926541"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(pisarz)"
    title: "Harry Whittington (pisarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "هاري ويتنغتون (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(author)"
    title: "Harry Whittington (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(escritor)"
    title: "Harry Whittington (escritor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Harry Whittington (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(marubuci)"
    title: "Harry Whittington (marubuci)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3127941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544599"
    title: "Harry Whittington"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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