# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/monica-ali
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:58:55.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/monica-ali"
name: "Monica Ali"
slug: "monica-ali"
description: "Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the \"Best of Young British Novelists\" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published four other novels. Her fifth novel, Love Marriage, was published by Virago Press in February 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller."
tagline: "British writer, novelist (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monica_Ali_Frankfurter_Buchmesse_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1967-10-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.5975
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  currentAttention:     8.24
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "_MonicaAli_"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2324913/"
    handle:    "nm2324913"
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    title: "Mònica Alías"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump