# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kathleen-ann-goonan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:38:24.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kathleen-ann-goonan"
name: "Kathleen Ann Goonan"
slug: "kathleen-ann-goonan"
description: "Kathleen Ann Goonan was an American science fiction writer. Several of her books have been nominated for the Nebula Award. Her debut novel Queen City Jazz was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and her novel In War Times was chosen by the American Library Association as Best Science Fiction Novel for their 2008 reading list. In July 2008, In War Times won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Her novel This Shared Dream was released in July 2011 by Tor Books."
tagline: "American writer (1952–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Worldcon_75_in_Helsinki_2017_133.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-05-14"
deathDate: "2021-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             20.26595744680851
  historical:           7.476998666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Ann_Goonan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump