# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dean-wesley-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:40.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dean-wesley-smith"
name: "Dean Wesley Smith"
slug: "dean-wesley-smith"
description: "Dean Wesley Smith is an American writer of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy. Smith has published nearly 200 novels and hundreds of short stories."
tagline: "American science fiction author (born 1950)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Dean_Wesley_Smith_%2843987111100%29.jpg/330px-Dean_Wesley_Smith_%2843987111100%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.94
  momentum:             0.2310924369747899
  historical:           3.284198666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  88
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1750
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/deanwesleysmith"
    handle:    "deanwesleysmith"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/dean.w.smith.3"
    handle:    "dean.w.smith.3"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2309569/"
    handle:    "nm2309569"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBbq7XUUmCCU-lKTBeN793g"
    handle:    "@deanwesleysmith245"
    followers: 1750
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "دين ويزلي سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Wesley_Smith"
    title: "Dean Wesley Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Wesley_Smith"
    title: "Dean Wesley Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1181143"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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