# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-sheff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:58.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-sheff"
name: "David Sheff"
slug: "david-sheff"
description: "David Sheff is an American author. He is best known for his interviews with artists, scientists, and pop culture figures, as well as his non-fiction books. Much of his writing, including his memoir Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, deals with substance addiction."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.33
  momentum:             1.41025641025641
  historical:           9.212292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d204308-c45c-4fcb-b74b-6031b1b6ab2b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ديڤيد شيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95"
    title: "デヴィッド・シェフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EC%85%B0%ED%94%84"
    title: "데이비드 셰프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "David Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Sheff"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239708"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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