# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michelle-mcnamara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:04:37.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michelle-mcnamara"
name: "Michelle McNamara"
slug: "michelle-mcnamara"
description: "Michelle Eileen McNamara was an American true crime author. She was the author of the true crime book I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, and helped coin the moniker \"Golden State Killer\" of the serial killer who was identified after her death as Joseph James DeAngelo. The book was released posthumously in February 2018 and later adapted into the 2020 HBO documentary series I'll Be Gone in the Dark."
tagline: "American writer (1970-2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Michelle_McNamara.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970-04-14"
deathDate: "2016-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.17
  momentum:             10.21560095384616
  historical:           11.38342
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TrueCrimeDiary"
    handle:    "TrueCrimeDiary"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2369188/"
    handle:    "nm2369188"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://truecrimediary.com/"
sources:
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    title: "米歇尔·麦克纳马拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميشيل مكنمارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميشيل مكنمارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara"
    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara"
    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara"
    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara"
    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%94"
    title: "מישל מקנמרה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D4%B7%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%84%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Միշել Էյլին Մքնամարա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara"
    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Michelle McNamara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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