# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-quammen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:18.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-quammen"
name: "David Quammen"
slug: "david-quammen"
description: "David Quammen is an American writer focusing on science, nature, and travel. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in Outside, National Geographic, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and other periodicals. He is also a science communicator."
tagline: "American science author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_quammen_8315798.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.717714666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 41
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DavidQuammen"
    handle:    "DavidQuammen"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/davidquammenauthor"
    handle:    "davidquammenauthor"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "@davidquammen5193"
    followers: 41
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    title: "ديڤيد كوامين"
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    title: "David Quammen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Quammen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Quammen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quammen"
    title: "David Quammen"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quammen"
    title: "David Quammen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump