# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:47:04.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-wells"
name: "Dan Wells"
slug: "dan-wells"
description: "Daniel Andrew Wells is an American horror and science fiction author. Wells's first published novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was adapted into a movie in 2016."
tagline: "American horror writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Wells.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             0.3588907014681892
  historical:           11.44763333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheDanWells"
    handle:    "TheDanWells"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/authordanwells/"
    handle:    "authordanwells"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheDanWells"
    handle:    "TheDanWells"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7009590/"
    handle:    "nm7009590"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f0e00197-4291-40cb-a448-c2f3c86f54c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دان ويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دان ويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells_(author)"
    title: "Dan Wells (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells"
    title: "Dan Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دن ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells"
    title: "Dan Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells_(schrijver)"
    title: "Dan Wells (schrijver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells_(pisarz)"
    title: "Dan Wells (pisarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells_(autor)"
    title: "Dan Wells (autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэллс, Дэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wells"
    title: "Dan Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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