# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shalom-auslander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:35:01.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shalom-auslander"
name: "Shalom Auslander"
slug: "shalom-auslander"
description: "Shalom Auslander is an American novelist, memoirist, and essayist. He grew up in a strict Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Monsey, New York, where he describes himself as having been \"raised like a veal\". His writing style is notable for its existentialist themes, biting satire and black humor. His nonfiction often draws comparisons to David Sedaris, while his fiction has drawn comparisons to Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, and Groucho Marx. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and are published around the world."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SHALOM_AUSLANDER_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.24302
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.shalomauslander.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "شالوم اوسلاندريه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Auslander"
    title: "Shalom Auslander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8"
    title: "שלום אוסלנדר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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