# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-beckett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:14:42.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-beckett"
name: "Simon Beckett"
slug: "simon-beckett"
description: "Simon Beckett is a British journalist and author. His books, in particular the crime series around forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter, have sold 21 million copies worldwide, and have had particular success in Germany and Scandinavia."
tagline: "British writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1960-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.36
  momentum:             1.877765486725664
  historical:           16.24257333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "BeckettSimon"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/simonbeckettauthor/"
    handle:    "simonbeckettauthor"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SimonBeckettCrime"
    handle:    "SimonBeckettCrime"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065720/"
    handle:    "nm0065720"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.simonbeckett.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيمون بيكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيمون بيكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Саймън Бекет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "サイモン・ベケット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Бекетт, Саймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beckett"
    title: "Simon Beckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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