# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:26.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-ryan"
name: "Terry Ryan"
slug: "terry-ryan"
description: "Terry \"Tuff\" Ryan was an American writer, originally from Defiance, Ohio, who resided in San Francisco for most of her adult life. She was best known for her memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, published in 2001, and subsequent film adaptation released in 2005."
tagline: "American writer (1946-2007)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-07-14"
deathDate: "2007-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           5.755442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678495/"
    handle:    "nm1678495"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(Autorin)"
    title: "Terry Ryan (Autorin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تيري ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "تيرى ريان (كاتبه سير من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%B0%E7%91%9E%C2%B7%E8%90%8A%E6%81%A9_(%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "泰瑞·萊恩 (作家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(writer)"
    title: "Terry Ryan (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(schrijver)"
    title: "Terry Ryan (schrijver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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