# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laird-koenig
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:28:24.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laird-koenig"
name: "Laird Koenig"
slug: "laird-koenig"
description: "Laird Philip Koenig was an American author and screenwriter. His best-known work was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on his novel."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-09-24"
deathDate: "2023-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.19
  momentum:             3.625565610859729
  historical:           7.216632000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462837/"
    handle:    "nm0462837"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Кёниг, Лэрд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "ليرد كونيغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "ليرد كونيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Koenig"
    title: "Laird Koenig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Koenig"
    title: "Laird Koenig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Koenig"
    title: "Laird Koenig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Koenig"
    title: "Laird Koenig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181034"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30724"
    title: "Laird Koenig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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