# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-mccloy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:33:31.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-mccloy"
name: "Helen McCloy"
slug: "helen-mccloy"
description: "Helen McCloy, pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death (1938). Willing believes, that \"every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them.\" He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in several of her short stories. McCloy often used the theme of doppelganger, but in the end of the story she showed a psychological or realistic explanation for the seemingly supernatural events."
tagline: "American writer (1904–1994)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1904-06-06"
deathDate: "1994-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.216992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1892663/"
    handle:    "nm1892663"
sources:
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "هيلين مكلوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Helen McCloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Helen McCloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Helen McCloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Helen McCloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ヘレン・マクロイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCloy"
    title: "Helen McCloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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