# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-gorey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:10:36.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-gorey"
name: "Edward Gorey"
slug: "edward-gorey"
description: "Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings."
tagline: "American writer, artist, and illustrator (1925–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gorey28.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-02-22"
deathDate: "2000-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.899104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0330854"
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    url:       "https://edwardgorey.org/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward Gorey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump