# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carolyn-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:35:10.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carolyn-wells"
name: "Carolyn Wells"
slug: "carolyn-wells"
description: "Carolyn Wells was an American mystery author, poet, humorist, and children's writer. Over her career, she authored more than 170 books, spanning genres including detective fiction, poetry, humor, and young adult literature. Known for her prolific output, Wells was a prominent figure in early 20th-century American literature, particularly in the mystery genre, where she created the long-running Fleming Stone series. Despite her contemporary success, her work fell into obscurity after her death, a phenomenon explored in recent biographies."
tagline: "American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories (1862–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Carolyn_Wells.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1862-06-18"
deathDate: "1942-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             3.551382379734609
  historical:           7.716022666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920132/"
    handle:    "nm0920132"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b8bdb4ed-7433-4696-9d54-be5dfb39d34b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "كارولين ولس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells"
    title: "Carolyn Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells"
    title: "Carolyn Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells"
    title: "Carolyn Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "キャロライン・ウェルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5045486"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1425392"
    title: "Carolyn Wells"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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