# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-s-prather
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:13.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-s-prather"
name: "Richard S. Prather"
slug: "richard-s-prather"
description: "Richard Scott Prather was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the \"Shell Scott\" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring."
tagline: "American writer (1921–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/RichardSPrather.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-09-09"
deathDate: "2007-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.880922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ричард Скот Пратер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Пратер, Ричард Скотт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather"
    title: "Richard S. Prather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2634517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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