# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-kurland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:25:16.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-kurland"
name: "Michael Kurland"
slug: "michael-kurland"
description: "Michael Joseph Kurland is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction. Kurland lives in San Luis Obispo, California."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.03
  momentum:             1.868686868686869
  historical:           5.275126666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kurland"
    title: "Michael Kurland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "مايكل كورلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "مايكل كورلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Kurland"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kurland"
    title: "Michael Kurland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88"
    title: "مائیکل کرلینڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928341"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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