# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-cameron-esslemont
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:45.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-cameron-esslemont"
name: "Ian Cameron Esslemont"
slug: "ian-cameron-esslemont"
description: "Ian Cameron Esslemont is a Canadian writer. He was trained and has worked as an archaeologist. He is best known for his series Novels of the Malazan Empire, which is set in the same world as the Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series written by his friend and collaborator, Steven Erikson. Esslemont is the co-creator of the Malazan world."
tagline: "Canadian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.35
  momentum:             0.3682539682539682
  historical:           9.458788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "إيان كاميرون إيسلمونت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иън К. Есълмонт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian C. Esslemont"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Esslemont"
    title: "Ian Esslemont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian C. Esslemont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cameron_Esslemont"
    title: "Ian Cameron Esslemont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cameron_Esslemont"
    title: "Ian Cameron Esslemont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Эсслемонт, Иан Кэмерон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cameron_Esslemont"
    title: "Ian Cameron Esslemont"
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    title: "Ian Cameron Esslemont"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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