# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betsy-byars
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:52.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betsy-byars"
name: "Betsy Byars"
slug: "betsy-byars"
description: "Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted... Mud Blossom (1991)."
tagline: "American children's writer (1928–2020)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-08-07"
deathDate: "2020-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.23
  momentum:             11.65848597928247
  historical:           7.687222666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0125694"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.betsybyars.com"
sources:
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    title: "بيتسى بيارس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "بتسی بایارس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Byars"
    title: "Betsy Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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