# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-sallis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:58:01.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-sallis"
name: "James Sallis"
slug: "james-sallis"
description: "James Chapelle Sallis was an American crime writer, poet, science fiction writer, and biographer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/James_Sallis.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-12-21"
deathDate: "2026-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.111312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2201245/"
    handle:    "nm2201245"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamessallis.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8C%84%E1%88%9D%E1%88%B5_%E1%88%B3%E1%88%8A%E1%88%B5"
    title: "ጄምስ ሳሊስ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چيمس ساليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "جیمز سیلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Sallis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736143"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590473"
    title: "James Sallis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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