# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-esdaile-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:25:15.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-esdaile-banks"
name: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
slug: "leslie-esdaile-banks"
description: "Leslie Ann Esdaile Banks was an American writer under the pen names of Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Banks. She wrote in various genres, including African-American literature, romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fiction."
tagline: "American writer (1959-2011)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-12-11"
deathDate: "2011-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             0.476190476190476
  historical:           5.942729333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ليزلى اسديل بانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks"
    title: "Leslie Esdaile Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6530790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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