# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendelin-van-draanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:05:28.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendelin-van-draanen"
name: "Wendelin Van Draanen"
slug: "wendelin-van-draanen"
description: "Wendelin Van Draanen is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.834272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2300000/"
    handle:    "nm2300000"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wendelinvand.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wendelin_Van_Draanen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "وندلين فان درانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "وندلين فان درانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelin_Van_Draanen"
    title: "Wendelin Van Draanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelin_Van_Draanen"
    title: "Wendelin Van Draanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Ван Драанен, Вэнделин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wendelin_Van_Draanen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7982374"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1503172"
    title: "Wendelin Van Draanen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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