# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velma-wallis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:29:31.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velma-wallis"
name: "Velma Wallis"
slug: "velma-wallis"
description: "Velma May Wallis is an American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages."
tagline: "American writer, Gwich'in people"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.490030666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0135b20c-e136-41d6-a0c8-7c8d7cec1834"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيلما واليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Wallis"
    title: "Velma Wallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Wallis"
    title: "Velma Wallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Wallis"
    title: "Velma Wallis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Уоллис, Велма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Велма Волліс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Velma_Wallis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Velma_Wallis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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