# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-r-donaldson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:54:19.138Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-r-donaldson"
name: "Stephen R. Donaldson"
slug: "stephen-r-donaldson"
description: "Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use of an arcane vocabulary, and has attracted critical praise for its \"imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace\". Donaldson earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and a master's degree from Kent State University. He currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico."
tagline: "Novelist"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump