# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-ferguson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:11:39.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-ferguson"
name: "Will Ferguson"
slug: "will-ferguson"
description: "William Stener Ferguson is a Canadian travel writer and novelist who won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel 419 (2012)."
tagline: "Canadian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.92
  momentum:             9.230584851390221
  historical:           7.227468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.willferguson.ca/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Фергюсон, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويل فيرغسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويل فيرجسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Уил Фъргюсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferguson"
    title: "Will Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferguson"
    title: "Will Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferguson"
    title: "Will Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferguson"
    title: "Will Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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