# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-balchin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:21:21.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-balchin"
name: "Nigel Balchin"
slug: "nigel-balchin"
description: "Nigel Marlin Balchin was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls from the Air, The Small Back Room and Mine Own Executioner."
tagline: "English novelist and screenwriter (1908–1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Nigel_Balchin.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-12-03"
deathDate: "1970-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.24
  momentum:             0.218978102189781
  historical:           7.881786666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049587/"
    handle:    "nm0049587"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيجيل بالكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "نایجل بالکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Marlin_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Marlin Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin"
    title: "Nigel Balchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2113829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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