# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-dean-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:02:35.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-dean-foster"
name: "Alan Dean Foster"
slug: "alan-dean-foster"
description: "Alan Dean Foster is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts."
tagline: "American fiction writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlanDeanFoster2007-05-26.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.53897066666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0287669"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump