# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bishop
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:42.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bishop"
name: "Michael Bishop"
slug: "michael-bishop"
description: "Michael Lawson Bishop was an American author. Over five decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a \"body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature.\""
tagline: "American writer (1945–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Bishop.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-11-12"
deathDate: "2023-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.68
  momentum:             1.872816212438854
  historical:           17.12783066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/michael.bishop.31337194"
    handle:    "michael.bishop.31337194"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1140629/"
    handle:    "nm1140629"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelbishop-writer.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A8_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "مايكل بيشوب (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل بيشوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل اسقف (یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "Michael Bishop (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(author)"
    title: "Michael Bishop (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%97"
    title: "マイクル・ビショップ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(autor)"
    title: "Michael Bishop (autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(f%C3%B6rfattare)"
    title: "Michael Bishop (författare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%96%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BF"
    title: "Майкл Бішоп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3136340"
    title: "Michael Bishop"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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