# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:07:47.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-scott"
name: "Melissa Scott"
slug: "melissa-scott"
description: "Melissa Scott is an American science fiction and fantasy author noted for her science fiction novels featuring LGBT characters and elaborate settings."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Scott_at_Bucconeer_1998.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             0.765661252900232
  historical:           5.683370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Scott"
    title: "Melissa Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "ميليسا سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "ميليسا سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Мелісса Скотт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Scott"
    title: "Melissa Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Scott"
    title: "Melissa Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1919410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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