# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tama-janowitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:30.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tama-janowitz"
name: "Tama Janowitz"
slug: "tama-janowitz"
description: "Tama Janowitz is an American novelist and a short story writer. She is especially known for her novel-in-stories Slaves of New York (1986), which was adapted into the movie of the same name by Merchant Ivory in 1989. She is often referenced as one of the main \"brat pack\" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.266672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417921/"
    handle:    "nm0417921"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تاما چانويتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1_%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D6%81"
    title: "Թամա Յանովից"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Janowitz"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Яновиц, Тама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1283199"
    title: "Tama Janowitz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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