# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-neil-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:23.581Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/l-neil-smith"
name: "L. Neil Smith"
slug: "l-neil-smith"
description: "Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American libertarian science fiction author and political activist. His works include the trilogy of Lando Calrissian novels, all published in 1983: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. He also wrote the novels Pallas, The Forge of the Elders, and The Probability Broach, each of which won the Libertarian Futurist Society's annual Prometheus Award for best libertarian science fiction novel. In 2016, Smith received a Special Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Libertarian Futurist Society."
tagline: "American writer (1946–2021)"
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birthDate: "1946-05-12"
deathDate: "2021-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump