# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sterling-e-lanier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:09:45.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sterling-e-lanier"
name: "Sterling E. Lanier"
slug: "sterling-e-lanier"
description: "Sterling Edmund Lanier was an American editor, science fiction author and sculptor. He is perhaps known best as the editor who championed the publication of Frank Herbert’s bestselling novel Dune."
tagline: "American writer (1927–2007)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-12-18"
deathDate: "2007-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             1.264591439688716
  historical:           7.687510666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sterling_E._Lanier"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيرلينغ إي. لانيير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيرلينج اى. لانيير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5"
    title: "Стърлинг Лание"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_E._Lanier"
    title: "Sterling E. Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_E._Lanier"
    title: "Sterling E. Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_E._Lanier"
    title: "Sterling E. Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_E._Lanier"
    title: "Sterling E. Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Ланье, Стерлинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2345563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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