# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeanine-cummins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:29:43.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeanine-cummins"
name: "Jeanine Cummins"
slug: "jeanine-cummins"
description: "Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. She has written five books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and four novels, The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, American Dirt, and Speak to Me of Home. American Dirt was a notable success, selling over 3 million copies in 37 languages. However, it also gained controversy within the American literary community for its perceived cultural exploitation."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeanine_cummings_5212959.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974-12-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.972650666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jeaninecummins"
    handle:    "jeaninecummins"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11412410/"
    handle:    "nm11412410"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jeaninecummins.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Джанин Къминс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Cummins"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Джанін Каммінс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83380765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2561857"
    title: "Jeanine Cummins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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