# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thea-astley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:13:03.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thea-astley"
name: "Thea Astley"
slug: "thea-astley"
description: "Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards, Australia's major literary award, than any other writer. As well as being a writer, she taught at all levels of education – primary, secondary and tertiary."
tagline: "Australian novelist (1925-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thea_Astley_(1986).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-08-25"
deathDate: "2004-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             1.343669250645995
  historical:           7.682470666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ثيا أستلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ثيا استلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Astley"
    title: "Thea Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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