# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-e-modesitt-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:26:26.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-e-modesitt-jr"
name: "L. E. Modesitt, Jr."
slug: "l-e-modesitt-jr"
description: "L. E. Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 80 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. By 2015, the 18 novels in the Recluce series had sold nearly three million copies. By 2025, there were 25 Recluce novels."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L_E_Modesitt_Jr_at_CONduit_2007.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.052668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lemodesittjr.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ال. اى. موديسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лиланд Екстон Модезит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._E._Modesitt%2C_Jr."
    title: "L. E. Modesitt, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._E._Modesitt_Jr."
    title: "L. E. Modesitt Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._E._Modesitt%2C_Jr."
    title: "L. E. Modesitt, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.E._Modesitt_Jr."
    title: "L.E. Modesitt Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Модезитт, Лиланд Экстон"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump