# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-yancey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:03:39.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-yancey"
name: "Rick Yancey"
slug: "rick-yancey"
description: "John Richard Yancey is an American author who writes works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults. His best known works include the Alfred Kropp series, The Monstrumologist series, and The 5th Wave series, which was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 2016."
tagline: "American writer known for speculative fiction"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Yancey_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             1.684210526315789
  historical:           15.57930533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "rickyancey"
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    handle:    "UC_bIva0dgaJZwbV-cavwxOA"
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    handle:    "AuthorRickYancey"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2130099/"
    handle:    "nm2130099"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickyancey.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريك يانسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рик Янси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Янси, Рик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Rick Yancey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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