# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-jon-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:01:38.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-jon-williams"
name: "Walter Jon Williams"
slug: "walter-jon-williams"
description: "Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984), a series of historical novels set during the Age of Sail."
tagline: "American fiction writer (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_photoshoot_at_Worldcon_75%2C_Helsinki%2C_before_the_Hugo_Awards_%E2%80%93_Walter_Jon_Williams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.721635883905013
  historical:           15.13063866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://walterjonwilliams.net"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump