# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-laird
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:23.114Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-laird"
name: "Elizabeth Laird"
slug: "elizabeth-laird"
description: "Elizabeth Laird is a British writer of children's fiction and travel. She is also known for the large body of folktales which she collected from the regions of Ethiopia. Her books have been translated into at least twenty languages."
tagline: "British children's writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674946666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.elizabethlaird.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Laird"
    title: "Elizabeth Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A9)"
    title: "إليزابيث ليرد (مؤلفة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "اليزابيث ليرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Laird"
    title: "Elizabeth Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Laird_(author)"
    title: "Elizabeth Laird (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Laird_(auteur)"
    title: "Elizabeth Laird (auteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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