# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-gemmell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:16.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-gemmell"
name: "David Gemmell"
slug: "david-gemmell"
description: "David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There is always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes are flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide."
tagline: "British author of heroic fantasy (1948-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/David_Gemmell.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-08-01"
deathDate: "2006-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.1084010840108401
  historical:           23.081988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump