# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mo-hayder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:26.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mo-hayder"
name: "Mo Hayder"
slug: "mo-hayder"
description: "Beatrice Clare Dunkel was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis and appeared as Miss Belfridge in the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? for two series. She went on to write novels as Mo Hayder. She won an Edgar Award in 2012."
tagline: "British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Author_Mo_Hayder.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-01-02"
deathDate: "2021-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.95
  momentum:             4.177560778991354
  historical:           18.677488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204306/"
    handle:    "nm0204306"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mohayder.net"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Hayder"
    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Hayder"
    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Hayder"
    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Hayder"
    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Hayder"
    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mo Hayder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "مو حیدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "莫·海德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53672"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump