# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-a-lynn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:18.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-a-lynn"
name: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
slug: "elizabeth-a-lynn"
description: "Elizabeth A. Lynn is an American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction. She is particularly known for being one of the first writers in science fiction or fantasy to introduce gay and lesbian characters; in honor of Lynn, the widely known California and New York–based chain of LGBT bookstores A Different Light took its name from her novel. Her novel Watchtower won the World Fantasy Award in 1980."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.66
  momentum:             1.00383892836723
  historical:           10.014292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%95._%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Елізабет Е. Лінн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A3%D9%8A._%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إليزابيث أي. لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اليزابيث اى. لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BBA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エリザベス・A・リン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443462"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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