# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edith-pargeter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:16.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edith-pargeter"
name: "Edith Pargeter"
slug: "edith-pargeter"
description: "Edith Mary Pargeter, also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles."
tagline: "British writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellis_Peters.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-09-28"
deathDate: "1995-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1526384648931531
  historical:           20.567616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0661431"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Едіт Мері Парджетер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump