# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gail-godwin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:48:27.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gail-godwin"
name: "Gail Godwin"
slug: "gail-godwin"
description: "Gail Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. Godwin has written 14 novels, two short story collections, three non-fiction books, and ten libretti. Her primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and three finalists for the National Book Award. Most of her books are realistic fiction novels that follow a character's psychological and intellectual development, often based on themes taken from Godwin's own life."
tagline: "American novelist and short story writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gail_Godwin_headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.973684210526315
  historical:           9.624372000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://gailgodwin.com"
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    title: "Gail Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Godwin"
    title: "Gail Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gail Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump