# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aaron-elkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:40.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aaron-elkins"
name: "Aaron Elkins"
slug: "aaron-elkins"
description: "Aaron Elkins is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'."
tagline: "American novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aaron_Elkins%2C_author.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.67
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.218828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aaronelkins.com"
sources:
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    title: "آرون ایلکنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "هارون إلكنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Арон Елкинс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Elkins"
    title: "Aaron Elkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Elkins"
    title: "Aaron Elkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Elkins"
    title: "Aaron Elkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Elkins"
    title: "Aaron Elkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "アーロン・エルキンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3603071"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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