# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-dewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:52:37.377Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-dewitt"
name: "Patrick deWitt"
slug: "patrick-dewitt"
description: "Patrick deWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Born on Vancouver Island, deWitt lives in Portland, Oregon, and has acquired American citizenship. As of 2023, he has written five novels: Ablutions (2009), The Sisters Brothers (2011), Undermajordomo Minor (2015), French Exit (2018), and The Librarianist (2023)."
tagline: "Canadian novelist and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_deWitt_(2018).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.920278506330547
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3981109"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump