# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-dever
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:33:52.747Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-dever"
name: "Joe Dever"
slug: "joe-dever"
description: "Joseph Robert Dever, known professionally as Joe Dever, was an English fantasy author and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Championship of America in 1982."
tagline: "British writer and game designer (1956-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Dever.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-02-12"
deathDate: "2016-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.438664000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چوى ديڤير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Joe Dever"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Dever"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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