# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mick-herron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:19:51.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mick-herron"
name: "Mick Herron"
slug: "mick-herron"
description: "Michael \"Mick\" Herron is a British mystery and thriller novelist. He is the author of the Slough House series, which has been adapted into the Slow Horses television series. He won the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger for Dead Lions and the Diamond Dagger in 2025 for lifetime achievement."
tagline: "British novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MickHerron2018.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1963-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.13153066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm11145649"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mickherron.com/"
sources:
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    title: "مک ہیرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mick Herron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mick Herron"
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    title: "ميك هيرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мік Хэран"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мик Херон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mick Herron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mick Herron"
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    title: "Mick Herron"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24929761"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump