# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-l-chalker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:12.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-l-chalker"
name: "Jack L. Chalker"
slug: "jack-l-chalker"
description: "Jack Laurence Chalker was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and was involved in the founding of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society."
tagline: "American author (1944-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_L_Chalker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-12-17"
deathDate: "2005-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.36
  momentum:             1.421052631578948
  historical:           9.433336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2120389/"
    handle:    "nm2120389"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Джак Чокър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BBL%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジャック・L・チョーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker"
    title: "Jack L. Chalker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Чалкер, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جیک ایل چاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1398751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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