# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-mcmillan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:47:13.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-mcmillan"
name: "Terry McMillan"
slug: "terry-mcmillan"
description: "Terry McMillan is an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of African American women's lives, relationships, and journeys of self-discovery. Her best-selling works, including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, have resonated widely for their humor, authenticity, and emotional insight. McMillan's contributions have influenced contemporary fiction and continue to shape the representation of Black women in literature and film."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_McMillan_at_the_2008_Brooklyn_Book_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.48
  momentum:             1.300685340719587
  historical:           14.83172666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0573334"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.terrymcmillan.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump