# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-jan-friedman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:34.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-jan-friedman"
name: "Michael Jan Friedman"
slug: "michael-jan-friedman"
description: "Michael Jan Friedman is a New York City born American author of nearly 60 books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in licensed tie-in products of the Star Trek franchise. Ten of his titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Friedman has also written for network and cable television, radio, more than 150 comic books, most of them for DC Comics."
tagline: "Writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             8.25
  historical:           8.146653333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/friedmanmj"
    handle:    "friedmanmj"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/michael.j.friedman.3"
    handle:    "michael.j.friedman.3"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232405/"
    handle:    "nm1232405"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaeljanfriedman.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل يان فريدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل يان فريدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Майкъл Ян Фрийдман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jan_Friedman"
    title: "Michael Jan Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jan_Friedman"
    title: "Michael Jan Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jan_Friedman"
    title: "Michael Jan Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jan_Friedman"
    title: "Michael Jan Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d87a877-cf1f-4fcb-91ac-13ea20bcfce7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2436768"
    title: "Michael Jan Friedman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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