# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-kalfus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:12:43.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-kalfus"
name: "Ken Kalfus"
slug: "ken-kalfus"
description: "Ken Kalfus is an American author and journalist. Three of his books have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Kalfus_Oct_2013.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KenKalfus"
    handle:    "KenKalfus"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2228244/"
    handle:    "nm2228244"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_Kalfus"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3"
    title: "كين كالفس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3"
    title: "كين كالفس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kalfus"
    title: "Ken Kalfus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kalfus"
    title: "Ken Kalfus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kalfus"
    title: "Ken Kalfus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743682"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95359"
    title: "Ken Kalfus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump