# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bowen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:33:31.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bowen"
name: "William Bowen"
slug: "william-bowen"
description: "William Alvin Bowen was an American attorney who wrote several children's books in the 1920s. His most notable work was The Old Tobacco Shop, a fantasy novel that was one runner-up for the inaugural Newbery Medal in 1922."
tagline: "American attorney and children's writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wm_Bowen_v1_(cropped).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1877-05-15"
deathDate: "1937-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.48
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           3.735097333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وليم بوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وليم بوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bowen_(author)"
    title: "William Bowen (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%81)"
    title: "ولیم بوون (مصنف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19873778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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