# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-selden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:54.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-selden"
name: "George Selden"
slug: "george-selden"
description: "George Selden Thompson was an American author. Known professionally as George Selden, he also wrote under the pseudonym Terry Andrews. He is best known for his 1961 book The Cricket in Times Square, which received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963 and a Newbery Honor."
tagline: "American children's writer (1929-1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-05-14"
deathDate: "1989-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.0153
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783021/"
    handle:    "nm0783021"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e7dc6df7-196b-43b4-b845-085b740a595d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "جورج سلدن (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "جورج سلدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selden_(author)"
    title: "George Selden (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selden"
    title: "George Selden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EC%85%80%EB%8D%98"
    title: "조지 셀던"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E5%B0%94%E7%99%BB"
    title: "乔治·塞尔登"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5544412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2712116"
    title: "George Selden"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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