# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-garfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:29.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-garfield"
name: "Brian Garfield"
slug: "brian-garfield"
description: "Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was an American novelist, historian and screenwriter. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and Edgar Award recipient, he wrote his first published book at the age of 18. Garfield went on to author more than 70 books across a variety of genres, 19 of which were made into films or TV shows, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. His best-known works includes Death Wish (1972), which launched a lucrative franchise when it was adapted into the 1974 film of the same title."
tagline: "American novelist, historian and screenwriter (1939-2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-01-26"
deathDate: "2018-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.43
  momentum:             2.670656128627837
  historical:           10.31238666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307257/"
    handle:    "nm0307257"
sources:
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    title: "Браян Гарфілд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برايان غارفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برايان جارفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برایان قارفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Garfield"
    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برایان گارفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Garfield"
    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Garfield"
    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Garfield"
    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ブライアン・ガーフィールド"
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    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4345901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Brian Garfield"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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