# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-sedgwick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:30.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-sedgwick"
name: "Marcus Sedgwick"
slug: "marcus-sedgwick"
description: "Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his \"most acclaimed titles\" were those for young adults."
tagline: "British writer and illustrator (1968-2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1968-04-01"
deathDate: "2022-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.284198666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marcussedgwick"
    handle:    "marcussedgwick"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marcussedgwick.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ماركوس سدجويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedgwick"
    title: "Marcus Sedgwick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930581"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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