{"name": "Melinda Metz", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "**Melinda Metz** (born March 7, 1962) is an American author of young adult books as well as a series for adults. Her series Roswell High, about teenage aliens, serves as the basis of The WB television series Roswell and The CW television series Roswell, New Mexico."}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "32175334", "isni": "0000000066541214", "wikidata": "Q4356263", "imdb": "nm0582698", "lc_naf": "no99011943", "librarything": "metzmelinda"}, "alternate_names": ["Melinda D. Metz"], "personal_name": "Melinda Metz", "photos": [12387491], "birth_date": "7 March 1962", "key": "/authors/OL36215A", "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-10-30T20:50:28.483015"}}