# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jess-walter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:21.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jess-walter"
name: "Jess Walter"
slug: "jess-walter"
description: "Jess Walter is an American author of fiction and non-fiction. He has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jess_Walter.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1965-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.09
  momentum:             2.46594798563573
  historical:           9.478372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022975/"
    handle:    "nm1022975"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jesswalter.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://hu.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jess_Walter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جيس والتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جيس والتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Джес Уолтър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Walter"
    title: "Jess Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Walter"
    title: "Jess Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جس والتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Walter"
    title: "Jess Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Walter"
    title: "Jess Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェス・ウォルター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354387"
    title: "Jess Walter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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