# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:42:37.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-russell"
name: "Karen Russell"
slug: "karen-russell"
description: "Karen Russell is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 Under 35 honoree. She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation \"Genius Grant\" in 2013."
tagline: "American novelist and short story writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen_russell_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1981-07-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           12.07632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://karenrussellauthor.com"
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    title: "Karen Russell"
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    title: "Karen Russell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump