# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-mark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:52:10.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-mark"
name: "Jan Mark"
slug: "jan-mark"
description: "Jan Mark was a British writer best known for children's books. In all she wrote more than fifty novels and plays and many anthologised short stories. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, both for Thunder and Lightnings (1976) and for Handles (1983). She was also a \"Highly Commended\" runner-up for Nothing To Be Afraid Of (1980)."
tagline: "British writer best known for children's books (1943–2006)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-06-22"
deathDate: "2006-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             27.71889400921659
  historical:           7.876602666666666
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9)"
    title: "جان مارك (كاتبة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جان مارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ジャン・マーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark"
    title: "Jan Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3270328"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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