# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:46:06.635Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-thomas"
name: "Ross Thomas"
slug: "ross-thomas"
description: "Ross Thomas was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. He also wrote five novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives."
tagline: "1926-1995 American writer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5Z1ZkUal5fKqTwgl2qT2dqXh1C5.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-02-19"
deathDate: "1995-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.73
  momentum:             10.72956312162667
  historical:           12.52207066666667
  currentAttention:     26.775
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859469/"
    handle:    "nm0859469"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рос Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "Ross Thomas (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(author)"
    title: "Ross Thomas (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas"
    title: "Ross Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas"
    title: "Ross Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(scrittore)"
    title: "Ross Thomas (scrittore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9_(%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ロス・トーマス (作家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas"
    title: "Ross Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Томас, Росс (писатель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ross Thomas"
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    title: "Росс Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1660382"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58652"
    title: "Ross Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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