# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-strauss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:38:13.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-strauss"
name: "Neil Strauss"
slug: "neil-strauss"
description: "Neil Darrow Strauss also known by the pen names Style and Chris Powles, is an American author and journalist. His book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, describes his experiences in the seduction community in an effort to become a \"pickup artist\". He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and also wrote regularly for The New York Times."
tagline: "American author and journalist"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1973-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 87
totalFollowers: 11200
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump