# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-jordan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:16:22.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-jordan"
name: "Robert Jordan"
slug: "robert-jordan"
description: "James Oliver Rigney Jr., known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known as the author of The Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. The series is among the highest-selling book series of all time, with 90 million copies sold. In his earlier career he became one of several writers to produce original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are considered by fans to be some of the best written by authors other than the character's creator, Robert E. Howard. Jordan was the most well-known of several pen names he used, adopting different monikers for different genres."
tagline: "American fantasy writer (1948–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Jordan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-10-17"
deathDate: "2007-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           24.563524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump