# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patricia-maclachlan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:30.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patricia-maclachlan"
name: "Patricia MacLachlan"
slug: "patricia-maclachlan"
description: "Patricia Marie MacLachlan was an American children's writer. She was noted for her novel Sarah, Plain and Tall, which won the 1986 Newbery Medal."
tagline: "American children's writer (1938–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/National_Humanities_Medal_Winners_for_2003_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-03-03"
deathDate: "2022-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.424372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533676/"
    handle:    "nm0533676"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باتريشيا ماكلاكلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "פטרישה מקלקלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_MacLachlan"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Маклахлан, Патриция"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3754645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/147012"
    title: "Patricia MacLachlan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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