# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/p-d-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:39:06.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/p-d-james"
name: "P. D. James"
slug: "p-d-james"
description: "Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh."
tagline: "English crime writer (1920-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PD_James_Cologne.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-08-03"
deathDate: "2014-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           24.1839
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0416807"
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    title: "Ֆիլիս Դորոթի Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "P. D. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "P. D. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "P・D・ジェイムズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump