# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leigh-brackett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:55.294Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/leigh-brackett"
name: "Leigh Brackett"
slug: "leigh-brackett"
description: "Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed \"the Queen of Space Opera\", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production."
tagline: "American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1915-12-07"
deathDate: "1978-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump