# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-hess
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:51.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-hess"
name: "Joan Hess"
slug: "joan-hess"
description: "Joan Hess was an American mystery writer, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She wrote two popular mystery series: The Claire Malloy Mysteries and The Maggody Mysteries, and contributed to multiple anthologies and book series, including: Crosswinds, Deadly Allies, Malice Domestic, Sisters in Crime, and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. She also wrote the Theo Bloomer mystery series, under the pseudonym Joan Hadley."
tagline: "American writer (1949-2017)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-01-06"
deathDate: "2017-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.543917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョーン・ヘス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جوان هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جوان هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hess"
    title: "Joan Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hess"
    title: "Joan Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hess"
    title: "Joan Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hess"
    title: "Joan Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1690743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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