# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-selznick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:34.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-selznick"
name: "Brian Selznick"
slug: "brian-selznick"
description: "Brian Selznick is an American illustrator and author best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Wonderstruck (2011), The Marvels (2015) and Kaleidoscope (2021). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series."
tagline: "American writer and illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D03_9553_Brian_Selznick.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-07-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.886652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2561765"
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    url:       "http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/about_brian_bio.htm"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Selznick"
    title: "Brian Selznick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Selznick"
    title: "Brian Selznick"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Selznick"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Selznick"
    title: "Brian Selznick"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump