# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-demby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:45.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-demby"
name: "William Demby"
slug: "william-demby"
description: "William Demby was an African-American writer, whose works include Beetlecreek (1950), The Catacombs (1965), Love Story Black (1978) and King Comus."
tagline: "Novelist (1922–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_William_Demby_LCCN2004662792.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-12-25"
deathDate: "2013-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             9.183673469387754
  historical:           5.273938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Demby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Demby"
    title: "William Demby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Demby"
    title: "William Demby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Demby"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Demby"
    title: "William Demby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Demby"
    title: "William Demby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4019985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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