# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-larson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:14.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-larson"
name: "Erik Larson"
slug: "erik-larson"
description: "Erik Larson is an American journalist and author of mostly historical nonfiction books. His books include Isaac's Storm (1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), and Dead Wake (2015). The Devil in the White City won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among other awards."
tagline: "American author and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_Larson_03B.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump