# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/parnell-hall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:30:22.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/parnell-hall"
name: "Parnell Hall"
slug: "parnell-hall"
description: "Parnell Hall was an American mystery writer. His works include the Puzzle Lady and the Stanley Hastings series, as well as the screenplay to the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. He collaborated with Manny Nosowsky for crossword puzzles and with Will Shortz for sudoku puzzles incorporated in Puzzle Lady stories."
tagline: "Mystery writer (1944–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-10-31"
deathDate: "2020-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.375669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355973/"
    handle:    "nm0355973"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.parnellhall.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "パーネル・ホール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "بارنيل هال (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "بارنيل هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell_Hall_(writer)"
    title: "Parnell Hall (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell_Hall"
    title: "Parnell Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell_Hall"
    title: "Parnell Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7139318"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90527"
    title: "Parnell Hall"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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