# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/penny-jordan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:40:55.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/penny-jordan"
name: "Penny Jordan"
slug: "penny-jordan"
description: "Penelope Halsall was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie Groves. She also wrote novels as Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock. Her books have sold over 70 million copies worldwide and have been translated into many languages."
tagline: "British novelist (1946-2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/Penelope_Halsall_%28Penny_Jordan%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-11-24"
deathDate: "2011-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.415012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3862492/"
    handle:    "nm3862492"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Jordan"
    title: "Penny Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "بيني جوردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penni_Cordan"
    title: "Penni Cordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BB"
    title: "Пенелопе Халсъл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Jordan"
    title: "Penny Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Jordan"
    title: "Penny Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Jones_Halsall"
    title: "Penelope Jones Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Halsall"
    title: "Penelope Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Jones_Halsall"
    title: "Penelope Jones Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ペニー・ジョーダン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Jones_Halsall"
    title: "Penelope Jones Halsall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86"
    title: "پینی جورڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86"
    title: "پینی جورڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3374710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4460817"
    title: "Penny Jordan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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