# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-m-cain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:10.062Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-m-cain"
name: "James M. Cain"
slug: "james-m-cain"
description: "James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction."
tagline: "American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_M._Cain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1892-07-01"
deathDate: "1977-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump