# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kent-krueger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:59:19.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kent-krueger"
name: "William Kent Krueger"
slug: "william-kent-krueger"
description: "William Kent Krueger is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. In 2014, his stand-alone book Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2013. In 2019, This Tender Land was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly six months."
tagline: "American author and novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kent_Krueger_at_Common_Good_Books_-_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           9.7539
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "William Kent Krueger"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump