# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christine-leunens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:31:03.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christine-leunens"
name: "Christine Leunens"
slug: "christine-leunens"
description: "Christine Leunens is a New Zealand-Belgian novelist. She is the author of Primordial Soup, A Can of Sunshine, and In Amber's Wake, which have been translated into twenty-five languages. She is best known for her historical novel Caging Skies, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film Jojo Rabbit."
tagline: "New Zealand-Belgian novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christine_Leunens_speaking_at_The_Annual_Humanitas_Awards%2C_2020_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.770642201834861
  historical:           10.79114933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm9862836"
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    url:       "https://www.christineleunens.com"
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    title: "Christine Leunens"
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    title: "Christine Leunens"
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    title: "Christine Leunens"
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    title: "Christine Leunens"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump