# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-birmingham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:29.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-birmingham"
name: "John Birmingham"
slug: "john-birmingham"
description: "John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy."
tagline: "British-born Australian author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Birmingham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.712890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cheeseburgergothic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3088722"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جون برمنغهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جون برمنجهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham"
    title: "John Birmingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham"
    title: "John Birmingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham"
    title: "John Birmingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham"
    title: "John Birmingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham"
    title: "John Birmingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham_(f%C3%B6rfattare)"
    title: "John Birmingham (författare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2408506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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