# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-raymond
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:10:51.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-raymond"
name: "Derek Raymond"
slug: "derek-raymond"
description: "Robert William Arthur Cook, better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being a founder of British noir."
tagline: "English crime writer (1931–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_William_Arthur_COOK_-_Ecrivain_-_Photo_Olivier_Victor_Marius_DUMAY.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-06-12"
deathDate: "1994-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.02
  momentum:             0.14022787028922
  historical:           9.241652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177258/"
    handle:    "nm0177258"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ديريك رايموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديريك ريمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Raymond"
    title: "Derek Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Raymond"
    title: "Derek Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Raymond"
    title: "Derek Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook_(%C3%A9crivain_britannique)"
    title: "Robin Cook (écrivain britannique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Raymond"
    title: "Derek Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Derek_Raymond"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robin_Cook"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e5218d4-d8ee-43b6-b649-d4147eff8572"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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