# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-westerfeld
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:37.774Z

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name: "Scott Westerfeld"
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description: "Scott David Westerfeld is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series."
tagline: "American science fiction writer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump