# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-merrick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:53:11.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-merrick"
name: "Gordon Merrick"
slug: "gordon-merrick"
description: "William Gordon Merrick was a Broadway actor, wartime OSS field officer, best-selling author of gay-themed novels, and one of the first authors to write about homosexual themes for a mass audience."
tagline: "American-born writer of gay romance (1916–1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-08-03"
deathDate: "1988-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             2.43161094224924
  historical:           5.681390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Merrick"
    title: "Gordon Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "غوردون ميريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "جوردون ميريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Merrick"
    title: "Gordon Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Merrick"
    title: "Gordon Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Merrick"
    title: "Gordon Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5585569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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