# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-yep
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:07:47.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-yep"
name: "Laurence Yep"
slug: "laurence-yep"
description: "Laurence Michael Yep is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Honor twice for his Golden Mountain series. In 2005, he received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his career contribution to American children's literature."
tagline: "American children's writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.355581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B6%E7%A5%A5%E6%B7%BB"
    title: "叶祥添"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "لورانس يب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Yep"
    title: "Laurence Yep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Yep"
    title: "Laurence Yep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Yep"
    title: "Laurence Yep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%97"
    title: "ローレンス・イェップ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A0%8C%EC%8A%A4_%EC%98%99"
    title: "로렌스 옙"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6140101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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