# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-o-dell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:41:37.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-o-dell"
name: "Scott O'Dell"
slug: "scott-o-dell"
description: "Scott O'Dell was an American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. He received The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion in 1976 and the Catholic Libraries Association Regina Medal in 1978."
tagline: "American children's writer (1898–1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-05-23"
deathDate: "1989-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.944444444444445
  historical:           18.691332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump