# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/e-lynn-harris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:13.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/e-lynn-harris"
name: "E. Lynn Harris"
slug: "e-lynn-harris"
description: "E. Lynn Harris was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books that made The New York Times Best Seller list, making him among the most successful African-American or gay authors of his era."
tagline: "African American novelist, memoirist (1955–2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-06-20"
deathDate: "2009-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             21.69520547945206
  historical:           5.736866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1660069/"
    handle:    "nm1660069"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Lynn_Harris"
    title: "E. Lynn Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "إي. لين هاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اى. لين هاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Lynn_Harris"
    title: "E. Lynn Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Lynn_Harris"
    title: "E. Lynn Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Lynn_Harris"
    title: "E. Lynn Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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