# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lin-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:53:48.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lin-king"
name: "Lin King"
slug: "lin-king"
description: "Lin King is a Taiwanese and American writer and translator. In 2024, King and writer Yang Shuang-zi won the National Book Award for Translated Literature for the English translation of Taiwan Travelogue, before winning the International Booker Prize for it in 2026."
tagline: "Taiwanese American writer and translator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lin_King_at_the_2024_National_Book_Awards_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1993"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.77
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.207670666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/linkinglionking"
    handle:    "linkinglionking"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/linkinglionking/"
    handle:    "linkinglionking"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_King"
    title: "Lin King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_King"
    title: "Lin King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_King"
    title: "Lin King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E7%BF%8E"
    title: "金翎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "லின் கிங்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_L%C3%AAng"
    title: "Kim Lêng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131301149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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