# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-george-speare
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:34.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-george-speare"
name: "Elizabeth George Speare"
slug: "elizabeth-george-speare"
description: "Elizabeth George Speare was an American writer of children's historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year's \"most distinguished contribution to American literature for children\". In 1989 she received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for her contributions to American children's literature and one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-11-21"
deathDate: "1994-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.899534666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اليزابيث جيورجى سپايرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare"
    title: "Elizabeth George Speare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare"
    title: "Elizabeth George Speare"
    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%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2"
    title: "エリザベス・ジョージ・スピア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare"
    title: "Elizabeth George Speare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare"
    title: "Elizabeth George Speare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare"
    title: "Elizabeth George Speare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%80"
    title: "Елізабет Спір"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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