# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-swartzwelder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:42:09.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-swartzwelder"
name: "John Swartzwelder"
slug: "john-swartzwelder"
description: "John Joseph Swartzwelder Jr. is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series The Simpsons. Born in Seattle, Washington, Swartzwelder began his career working in advertising. He was later hired to work on comedy series Saturday Night Live in the mid-1980s as a writer. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer's short-lived Army Man magazine, which led him to join the original writing team of The Simpsons, beginning in 1989."
tagline: "American comedy writer and novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Swartzwelder_Brighter_Sharper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             2.180566182096404
  historical:           10.09591466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JJSwartzwelder"
    handle:    "JJSwartzwelder"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JohnSwartzwelderBooks"
    handle:    "JohnSwartzwelderBooks"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841990/"
    handle:    "nm0841990"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://johnswartzwelder.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/751589"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/963556"
    title: "John Swartzwelder"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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