# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gill-deacon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:32.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gill-deacon"
name: "Gill Deacon"
slug: "gill-deacon"
description: "Gillian \"Gill\" Deacon is a Canadian author and broadcaster, best known as a former host of Here and Now on CBLA-FM in Toronto. In 2016, she was also the moderator of the national Canada Reads."
tagline: "Canadian writer and broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gillian_Deacon_-_Eden_Mills_Writers_Festival_-_2014_-_(DanH-0186)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1966-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.080346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gilldeacon"
    handle:    "gilldeacon"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Deacon"
    title: "Gill Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيل ديكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيل ديكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഗിൽ ഡീക്കൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Deacon"
    title: "Gill Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "गिल डीकॉन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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