# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ursula-vernon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:48.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ursula-vernon"
name: "Ursula Vernon"
slug: "ursula-vernon"
description: "Ursula Vernon is an American writer, artist, and illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work in various mediums, including Hugo Awards for her graphic novel Digger, fantasy novel Nettle & Bone, and fantasy novella Thornhedge; the Nebula Award for her short story \"Jackalope Wives\"; and Mythopoeic Awards for adult and children's literature. Vernon's books for children include Hamster Princess and Dragonbreath. Under the name T. Kingfisher, she is also the author of books for older audiences. She writes short fiction under both names."
tagline: "American comic creator and writer (born 1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ursula_Vernon%2C_at_the_Hugo_Award_Ceremony%2C_Worldcon_2017_in_Helsinki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-05-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.59
  momentum:             0.9657606777267915
  historical:           11.89252133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/UrsulaV"
    handle:    "UrsulaV"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://redwombatstudio.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أورسولا فيرنون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Урсула Върнън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon"
    title: "Ursula Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D1%80%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Вернон, Урсула"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Урсула Вернон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8C%E5%B0%94%E8%8B%8F%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E5%86%9C"
    title: "乌尔苏拉·弗农"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7901282"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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