# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/megan-whalen-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:50:53.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/megan-whalen-turner"
name: "Megan Whalen Turner"
slug: "megan-whalen-turner"
description: "Megan Whalen Turner is an American writer of fantasy fiction for young adults. She is best known for her novel The Thief and its five sequels. In 1997, The Thief was named a Newbery Honor book."
tagline: "American children's writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Megan_Whalen_Turner_5182818.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.86
  momentum:             2.64050901378579
  historical:           7.242912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://meganwhalenturner.org"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميجان والين تورنير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Whalen_Turner"
    title: "Megan Whalen Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Whalen_Turner"
    title: "Megan Whalen Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メーガン・ウェイレン・ターナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Whalen_Turner"
    title: "Megan Whalen Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Whalen_Turner"
    title: "Megan Whalen Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Меган Вейлен Тернер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2100107"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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