{
 "id": "john-scalzi-b7b99883",
 "name": "John Scalzi",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "b7b99883-b32b-4ab3-8a4f-63c9b3da61a6"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q277308"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000114511213"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "6454660"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [],
 "facts": {
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Geffen Award",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q5530024",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q2576795",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q139965311",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Hugo Award for Best Series",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q29479284",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q5933738",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q27496509",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q18693138",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Bob Morane award for best foreign novel",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q27927460",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Hugo Award for Best Novel",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q255032",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Astounding Award for Best New Writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q958630",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Hugo Award for Best Related Work",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q1056237",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1969-05-10",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7b99883-b32b-4ab3-8a4f-63c9b3da61a6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1969-05-10",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Fairfield",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7b99883-b32b-4ab3-8a4f-63c9b3da61a6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "71b98143-6f5b-4f66-963e-f59d66cb55f2"
    },
    {
     "value": "Fairfield",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q323432",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American science fiction writer (born 1969)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "science fiction literature",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q3238422",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q36180",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "journalist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q1930187",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "science fiction writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q18844224",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "science fiction fan",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q127695489",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "novelist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q6625963",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "film critic",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q4220892",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "blogger",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q277308",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-07",
     "ref": "Q8246794",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3376496/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/87579835"
  },
  {
   "kind": "blog",
   "url": "http://whatever.scalzi.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6454660"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://whatever.scalzi.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://scalzi.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.scalzi.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb155054737"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/133079600"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an40005175"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2003056370/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277308"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-scalzi-b7b99883",
  "cite_as": "John Scalzi, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-scalzi-b7b99883",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}