# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-block
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:03:46.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-block"
name: "Lawrence Block"
slug: "lawrence-block"
description: "Lawrence Block is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books."
tagline: "American writer"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-06-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump