# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynthia-rylant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:58.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynthia-rylant"
name: "Cynthia Rylant"
slug: "cynthia-rylant"
description: "Cynthia Rylant is an American author and librarian. She has written more than 100 children's books including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Several of her books have won awards including her novel Missing May, which won the 1993 Newbery Medal, and A Fine White Dust, which was a 1987 Newbery Honor book. Two of her books are Caldecott Honor Books."
tagline: "American author of children's books and librarian"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.173977333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cynthiarylant.com"
sources:
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    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant"
    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant"
    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant"
    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant"
    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "シンシア・ライラント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant"
    title: "Cynthia Rylant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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