# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brett-helquist
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:38:46.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brett-helquist"
name: "Brett Helquist"
slug: "brett-helquist"
description: "Brett L. Helquist is an American illustrator best known for his work in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events. As such, his illustrations for that series have appeared in multiple media, including the books, the audio book covers, and the calendars. Helquist graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a BFA in illustration in 1993. After graduation, he moved to New York City where he worked full-time as a graphic designer, occasionally drawing for newspapers and magazines. Helquist's work has been featured in children's magazines, along with The New York Times. He has illustrated almost 50 books."
tagline: "American artist (born 1966)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.247401247401248
  historical:           8.972285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.bretthelquist.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Brett Helquist"
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    title: "Brett Helquist"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برت هلکویست"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Helquist"
    title: "Brett Helquist"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump