# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augusten-burroughs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:59.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augusten-burroughs"
name: "Augusten Burroughs"
slug: "augusten-burroughs"
description: "Augusten Xon Burroughs is an American writer best known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002)."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Augusten_Burroughs_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "augusten"
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    handle:    "AugustenBurroughs"
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    handle:    "nm1802493"
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    title: "Augusten Burroughs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augusten Burroughs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augusten Burroughs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump