# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marisha-pessl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:52:31.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marisha-pessl"
name: "Marisha Pessl"
slug: "marisha-pessl"
description: "Marisha Pessl is an American writer known for her novels Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Night Film, Neverworld Wake, and Darkly."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.18
  momentum:             2.353358561967833
  historical:           8.573545333333334
  currentAttention:     0.36
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marishapessl"
    handle:    "marishapessl"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marishapessl/"
    handle:    "marishapessl"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.marishapessl.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pesslov%C3%A1"
    title: "Marisha Pesslová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisha_Pessl"
    title: "Marisha Pessl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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