# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lorenzo-carcaterra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:01:40.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lorenzo-carcaterra"
name: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
slug: "lorenzo-carcaterra"
description: "Lorenzo Carcaterra is an American writer of Italian descent. Hell's Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted as a 1996 film of the same name. In April 2009, he joined True/Slant as a blogger. True/Slant ceased operations on July 31, 2010, after only being open for a little less than a year total."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.73
  momentum:             10.7212362764833
  historical:           8.244214666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/lorenzoauthor"
    handle:    "lorenzoauthor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136262/"
    handle:    "nm0136262"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://lorenzocarcaterra.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "لورينزو كاراتيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Лоренцо Каркатера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra"
    title: "Lorenzo Carcaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1374829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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