# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-d-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:52.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-d-macdonald"
name: "James D. Macdonald"
slug: "james-d-macdonald"
description: "James Douglas Ignatius Macdonald is an American author and critic who lives in New Hampshire. He frequently collaborated with his late wife Dr. Debra Doyle. He works in several genres, concentrating on fantasy, but also writing science fiction, and mystery and media tie-ins."
tagline: "American author and critic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Macdonald_does_wireless_on_the_go%2C_Boskone_43.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             10
  historical:           4.675888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://doyleandmacdonald.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس دي. ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%89._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس دى. ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Macdonald"
    title: "James D. Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Macdonald"
    title: "James D. Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_D._Macdonald"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6132167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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