# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xiran-jay-zhao
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:35:28.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xiran-jay-zhao"
name: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
slug: "xiran-jay-zhao"
description: "Xiran Jay Zhao is a Canadian author and social media creator. Their debut novel, Iron Widow, became a No. 1 New York Times Best Seller and won the 2021 BSFA Award for Best Book for Younger Readers. They won the 2024 Astounding Award for Best New Writer."
tagline: "Chinese-Canadian author"
gender: "non-binary"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1997-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.45414933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  178
  category: null
totalFollowers: 665000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/XiranJayZhao"
    handle:    "XiranJayZhao"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/xiranjayzhao/"
    handle:    "xiranjayzhao"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@xiranjayzhao"
    handle:    "xiranjayzhao"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiran-zhao-7ab149115/"
    handle:    "xiran-zhao-7ab149115"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://xiranjayzhao.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSz_KlrE8_IDht7tWsQ-RA"
    handle:    "@xiranjayzhao"
    followers: 665000
sources:
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    title: "赵希然"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "زيران جاى تشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AA"
    title: "シーラン・ジェイ・ジャオ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiran_Jay_Zhao"
    title: "Xiran Jay Zhao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Сіжань Джей Чжао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109187122"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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