{"name": "George Saunders", "birth_date": "1958", "alternate_names": ["Saunders, George", "george saunders", "GeorgeSaunders"], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "photos": [15162385, 6311115, 6311115], "source_records": ["amazon:0385359756"], "remote_ids": {"viaf": "49395618", "wikidata": "Q1251926", "isni": "0000000110264905", "musicbrainz": "c3dbbe7a-f682-4b5d-a199-d88ef235b0b0", "goodreads": "8885", "imdb": "nm2808422", "lc_naf": "n95046060", "librarything": "saundersgeorge-1", "opac_sbn": "VEAV025453"}, "personal_name": "George Saunders", "key": "/authors/OL537475A", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel *Lincoln in the Bardo* (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders' short stories have been published as several collections, including *CivilWarLand in Bad Decline* (1996) and *Tenth of December: Stories* (2013)."}, "latest_revision": 12, "revision": 12, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-18T01:42:44.885107"}}