# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-taylor-bradford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:37.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-taylor-bradford"
name: "Barbara Taylor Bradford"
slug: "barbara-taylor-bradford"
description: "Barbara Taylor Bradford was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. She wrote 40 novels, often about young women of humble beginnings who rise through their hard work in business. Her books were translated into 40 languages and sold more than 90 million copies; ten of her books were also adapted as television miniseries and television movies. Her commercial success amassed a large fortune and she was awarded several honorary degrees and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her literary contributions."
tagline: "British novelist (1933–2024)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/quIindh9MmEMRjHqLvWHZGmMNOa.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-05-10"
deathDate: "2024-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.868335146898803
  historical:           17.18213466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102996/"
    handle:    "nm0102996"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barbarataylorbradford.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump