# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-matthew-hillsman-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:56:51.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-matthew-hillsman-taylor"
name: "Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor"
slug: "peter-matthew-hillsman-taylor"
description: "Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr., known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote frequently about the urban South in his stories and novels."
tagline: "American writer (1917–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Taylor_in_1941_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-01-08"
deathDate: "1994-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28981466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(yazar)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (yazar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "بيتر تايلور (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor"
    title: "Peter Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(Autor)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(writer)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor"
    title: "Peter Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Matthew_Hillsman_Taylor"
    title: "Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Taylor"
    title: "Petrus Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(pisarz)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (pisarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor"
    title: "Peter Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(mwandishi)"
    title: "Peter Taylor (mwandishi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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