# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melanie-tem
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:16:23.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melanie-tem"
name: "Melanie Tem"
slug: "melanie-tem"
description: "Melanie Tem was an American horror and dark fantasy author, and social worker."
tagline: "American writer (1949-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Rasnic_Tem_and_wife_Melanie%2C_1992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-04-11"
deathDate: "2015-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.63
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.272822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Tem"
    title: "Melanie Tem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%85"
    title: "ميلاني تم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Tem"
    title: "Melanie Tem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "میلانیا ٹیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Tem"
    title: "Melanie Tem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Tem"
    title: "Melanie Tem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13563212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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