# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kelly-link
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:47.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kelly-link"
name: "Kelly Link"
slug: "kelly-link"
description: "Kelly Link is an American editor and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, she published her first novel, The Book of Love, in 2024. Many of her stories have been described as slipstream or magical realism, combining science fiction, fantasy, horror, and literary fiction. She has won a Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and three World Fantasy Awards. She was one of the recipients of the 2018 MacArthur Fellowship."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gavin_Grant_and_Kelly_Link.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1969-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.52
  momentum:             2.439024390243902
  historical:           18.40086933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "haszombiesinit"
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    url:       "https://kellylink.net/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Kelly Linková"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ケリー・リンク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Link"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump