# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-lingard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:28:20.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-lingard"
name: "Joan Lingard"
slug: "joan-lingard"
description: "Joan Lingard MBE was a Northern Irish writer. She was born in Edinburgh but brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is known for the young adult-aimed Kevin and Sadie series, which sold over one million copies and has been translated into several languages. Across the Barricades, part of the Kevin and Sadie series, is one of the best known novels about the Troubles in Northern Ireland."
tagline: "British writer (1932–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Crossroads_of_Change_Exhibition%2C_Belfast%2C_August_2010_%2808%29.JPG/330px-Crossroads_of_Change_Exhibition%2C_Belfast%2C_August_2010_%2808%29.JPG"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-01-15"
deathDate: "2022-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.147121333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557886/"
    handle:    "nm1557886"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "چوان لينجارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lingard"
    title: "Joan Lingard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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