# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gayl-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:46:31.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gayl-jones"
name: "Gayl Jones"
slug: "gayl-jones"
description: "Gayl Carolyn Jones is an American writer from Lexington, Kentucky. She is recognized as a key figure in 20th-century African-American literature."
tagline: "American novelist, poet, playwright, professor, literary critic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gayl_Jones%2C_Koin%C3%A9_1971_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.578945333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayl_Jones"
    title: "Gayl Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جايل جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "قیل جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayl_Jones"
    title: "Gayl Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayl_Jones"
    title: "Gayl Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayl_Jones"
    title: "Gayl Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayl_Jones"
    title: "Gayl Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3759051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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