# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-wolverton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:12:36.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-wolverton"
name: "Dave Wolverton"
slug: "dave-wolverton"
description: "John David Wolverton, better known by his pen names Dave Wolverton and David Farland, was an American author, editor, and instructor of online writing workshops and groups. He wrote in several genres but was known best for his science fiction and fantasy works. He wrote 24 stories for the Star Wars franchise and 3 for the Mummy franchise. Books in his Runelords series were international bestsellers and hit the New York Times bestsellers list."
tagline: "American speculative fiction writer (1957-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Wolverton_at_CONduit_17.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-05-15"
deathDate: "2022-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.76861333333333
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/davidfarlandauthor/"
    handle:    "davidfarlandauthor"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://davidfarland.com/"
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    title: "ديف ولفيرتون"
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    title: "Дейвид Фарланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Wolverton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Wolverton"
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    title: "Dave Wolverton"
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    title: "Dave Wolverton"
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    title: "Dave Wolverton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump