# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louise-fitzhugh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:22:44.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louise-fitzhugh"
name: "Louise Fitzhugh"
slug: "louise-fitzhugh"
description: "Louise Perkins Fitzhugh was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet The Spy, about an adolescent girl who to keeps a journal recording the foibles of her friends, classmates, and captivating strangers. The novel was later adapted into a live action film in 1996. The sequel novel, The Long Secret, was published in 1965, and its follow-up book, Sport, was published posthumously in 1979. Fitzhugh also wrote Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, which was later adapted into a short film and a Broadway musical."
tagline: "American children's writer (1928–1974)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Louise_Fitzhugh.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-10-05"
deathDate: "1974-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.87
  momentum:             0.01784651992861392
  historical:           8.793957333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280447/"
    handle:    "nm0280447"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhugh"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ルイーズ・フィッツヒュー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhug"
    title: "Louise Fitzhug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%BA"
    title: "لويز فيتزهاغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC"
    title: "لويز فيتزهاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhugh"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhugh"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhugh"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fitzhugh"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3269534"
    title: "Louise Fitzhugh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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