# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hoffman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:00:08.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hoffman"
name: "William Hoffman"
slug: "william-hoffman"
description: "Henry William Hoffman was an American writer who published thirteen novels and four books of short stories and two plays. He was born in West Virginia but spent his formative years in southwestern Virginia."
tagline: "American writer (1925-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/William_Hoffman_SthnRev_Aut_94.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-05-16"
deathDate: "2009-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.87
  momentum:             8.4375
  historical:           5.671418666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hoffman_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "William Hoffman (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "ويليام هوفمان (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام هوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hoffman_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "William Hoffman (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hoffman_(author)"
    title: "William Hoffman (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hoffman"
    title: "William Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8012391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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