# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-ruff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:43:22.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-ruff"
name: "Matt Ruff"
slug: "matt-ruff"
description: "Matthew Theron Ruff is an American author of thriller, science fiction and comic novels, including The Mirage and Lovecraft Country, the latter having been adapted in 2020 by HBO into a TV series."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Ruff_at_the_San_Francisco_Public_Library.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             7.256388637317315
  historical:           8.621677333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bymattruff"
    handle:    "bymattruff"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3733282/"
    handle:    "nm3733282"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Q8PytZQdpTaZ315d9trBj"
    handle:    "Matt Ruff"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bymattruff.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1233890"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "مات روف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ruff"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2141285"
    title: "Matt Ruff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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