# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:49.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-kelly"
name: "Mary Kelly"
slug: "mary-kelly"
description: "Mary Theresa Kelly, née Coolican, was an English writer of crime novels. Born in London, she received an M.A. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1951. She married Dennis Charles Kelly in 1950, and was a teacher in Surrey County Council schools. In 1961, her novel The Spoilt Kill won a Gold Dagger Award."
tagline: "Scottish writer of crime novels"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Mary_Kelly_%28writer%29.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1927-12-28"
deathDate: "2017"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.84
  momentum:             3.235294117647059
  historical:           5.271526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(writer)"
    title: "Mary Kelly (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "مارى كيلى (كاتبه جريمه من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Мери Кели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly"
    title: "Mary Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(f%C3%B6rfattare)"
    title: "Mary Kelly (författare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4958520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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