# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-j-sawyer
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:04.868Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-j-sawyer"
name: "Robert J. Sawyer"
slug: "robert-j-sawyer"
description: "Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, and Nature, in addition to several anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1995), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and multiple Aurora Awards."
tagline: "Canadian science fiction writer (born 1960)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump