# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-parfrey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:58:13.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-parfrey"
name: "Adam Parfrey"
slug: "adam-parfrey"
description: "Adam Parfrey was an American journalist, author, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books, whose work in all three capacities frequently centered on unusual, extreme, or \"forbidden\" topics. Previously, he was the publisher of several magazines, and another publisher, Amok Press. He also wrote for several magazines and wrote, cowrote, or edited several books, among them Apocalypse Culture."
tagline: "American writer (1957–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam_Parfrey_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-04-12"
deathDate: "2018-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.493132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661414/"
    handle:    "nm0661414"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ادم پارفرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Parfrey"
    title: "Adam Parfrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Парфрей, Адам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam Parfrey"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adam_Parfrey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Adam Parfrey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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