# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-w-gortner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:54:01.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-w-gortner"
name: "C.W. Gortner"
slug: "c-w-gortner"
description: "Christopher Willis Gortner was an American author of historical fiction, including the novels The Last Queen, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, and the Spymaster Trilogy."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C.W._Gortner.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964"
deathDate: "2025-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.278042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.cwgortner.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Willis_Gortner"
    title: "Christopher Willis Gortner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Кристофър Гортнър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Willis_Gortner"
    title: "Christopher Willis Gortner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Willis_Gortner"
    title: "Christopher Willis Gortner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gortner"
    title: "Christopher Gortner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "کرسٹوفر ولیس گورٹنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18686426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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