# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soman-chainani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:27:04.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/soman-chainani"
name: "Soman Chainani"
slug: "soman-chainani"
description: "Soman Chainani is an American author, best known for writing the children's book series The School for Good and Evil. Some of his work has been adapted to films."
tagline: "American filmmaker and children's novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soman_Chainani_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             4.897549216552832
  historical:           8.266821333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2287777/"
    handle:    "nm2287777"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://somanchainani.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/434ee0ef-74d3-4a9b-acf9-6815d50aa685"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Соман Чейнани"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سۆمان چاینان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soman_Chainani"
    title: "Soman Chainani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80"
    title: "ਸੋਮਨ ਚੈਨਾਨੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soman_Chainani"
    title: "Soman Chainani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soman_Chainani"
    title: "Soman Chainani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Соман Чайнані"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "سومن چینانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16200795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1663592"
    title: "Soman Chainani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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