# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-gores
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:12:15.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-gores"
name: "Joe Gores"
slug: "joe-gores"
description: "Joseph Nicholas Gores was an American mystery writer. He was known best for his novels and short stories set in San Francisco and featuring the fictional Dan Kearney and Associates private investigation firm specializing in repossessing cars, a thinly veiled escalation of his own experiences as a confidential sleuth and repo man. Gores was also recognized for his novels Hammett, Spade & Archer and his Edgar Award-winning or -nominated works, such as A Time of Predators, 32 Cadillacs and Come Morning."
tagline: "American writer (1931–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoeGores.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-12-25"
deathDate: "2011-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.21296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330838/"
    handle:    "nm0330838"
sources:
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    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو جور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو جور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gores"
    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gores"
    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gores"
    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gores"
    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%96%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯო ჰორზი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Горс, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972967"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1983900"
    title: "Joe Gores"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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