# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-macleod
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:54:23.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-macleod"
name: "Ken MacLeod"
slug: "ken-macleod"
description: "Kenneth Macrae MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels The Sky Road and The Night Sessions won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Campbell Memorial awards for best novel on multiple occasions. In 2024 MacLeod was one of the Guests of Honour at the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow."
tagline: "Scottish science fiction writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bokm%C3%A4ssan_2024_287_%E2%80%93_Ken_MacLeod_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.77
  momentum:             0.08351893095768376
  historical:           16.665196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/amendlocke"
    handle:    "amendlocke"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kenmacleod.blogspot.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "كين ماكلويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "کن مک‌لاود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89"
    title: "ケン・マクラウド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenethus_MacLeod"
    title: "Kenethus MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Маклауд, Кен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Ken MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4"
    title: "Кен Мак-Лауд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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