# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-varley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:47:57.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-varley"
name: "John Varley"
slug: "john-varley"
description: "John Herbert Varley was an American science fiction writer who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas \"The Persistence of Vision\", \"PRESS ENTER ■\", and \"The Pusher\"."
tagline: "American science fiction author (1947–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Varley_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-08-09"
deathDate: "2025-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.75400266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0890043"
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    url:       "https://varley.net/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump