# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robin-mckinley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:09:48.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robin-mckinley"
name: "Robin McKinley"
slug: "robin-mckinley"
description: "Robin McKinley is an American author best known for her fantasy novels and fairy tale retellings. Her 1984 novel The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal as the year's best new American children's book. In 2022, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 39th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy."
tagline: "American fantasy writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robin_McKinley_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.369294605809128
  historical:           9.074448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://robinmckinley.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Робин Маккинли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robin McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robin McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robin McKinley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump