# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-woodford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:07:32.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-woodford"
name: "Jack Woodford"
slug: "jack-woodford"
description: "Jack Woodford (1894–1971) was an American novelist and non-fiction writer, author of successful pulp novels and non-fiction, including books on writing and getting published. Most famously, Woodford authored Trial and Error, which caused something of a scandal at the time of publication because of its no-holds-barred insights into the publishing industry."
tagline: "American writer (1894–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Woodford_1926_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1894"
deathDate: "1971"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.604968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940257/"
    handle:    "nm0940257"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جاك وودفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاك وودفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford"
    title: "Jack Woodford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford"
    title: "Jack Woodford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5918689"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1586943"
    title: "Jack Woodford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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