# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:44:53.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-brooks"
name: "Terry Brooks"
slug: "terry-brooks"
description: "Terence Dean Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the most successful living fantasy writers. In March 2025, he announced his semi-retirement from writing."
tagline: "American writer (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_Brooks_at_Rose_City_Comic_Con_02_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "nm0112278"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump