# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joanna-cole
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:36:54.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joanna-cole"
name: "Joanna Cole"
slug: "joanna-cole"
description: "Joanna Cole was an American author of children's books, best known as the author of the Magic School Bus series, which is illustrated by Bruce Degen and has sold more than 93 million copies in 13 countries. Cole wrote more than 250 books in total."
tagline: "American children's books author (1944-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Photo_of_Joanna_Cole_%28author%29_American.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-08-11"
deathDate: "2020-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.99773733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057748/"
    handle:    "nm2057748"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جوانا كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole"
    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole_(author)"
    title: "Joanna Cole (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوانا کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole"
    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole_(marubuciya)"
    title: "Joanna Cole (marubuciya)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'ואנה קול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole"
    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Коул, Джоанна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cole"
    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஜோன்னா கோல்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%81)"
    title: "جوانا کول (مصنف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E5%AE%89%E5%A8%9C%C2%B7%E6%9F%AF%E5%B0%94"
    title: "乔安娜·柯尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240497"
    title: "Joanna Cole"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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