# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeannette-walls
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:43.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeannette-walls"
name: "Jeannette Walls"
slug: "jeannette-walls"
description: "Jeannette Walls is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 421 weeks as of June 3, 2018. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award and Christopher Award."
tagline: "American writer and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeannette_walls_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-04-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.96374
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "alilglasscastle"
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    handle:    "JeannetteWalls"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    title: "Jeannette Walls"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump