# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-sachar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:36.768Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-sachar"
name: "Louis Sachar"
slug: "louis-sachar"
description: "Louis Sachar is an American author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes."
tagline: "American writer of children's books"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Sachar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.90478666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "louis.sachar.102"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1144337/"
    handle:    "nm1144337"
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    title: "لويس ساتشار"
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    title: "Louis Sachar"
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    title: "Louis Sachar"
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    title: "Louis Sachar"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сашар, Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Луїс Секер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "路易斯·薩奇爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump