# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-w-johnstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:29:09.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-w-johnstone"
name: "William W. Johnstone"
slug: "william-w-johnstone"
description: "William Wallace Johnstone was an American author most known for his western, horror, and survivalist novels."
tagline: "American writer (1938-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-10-28"
deathDate: "2004-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.97
  momentum:             1.054333764553687
  historical:           5.528190666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.williamjohnstone.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Johnstone"
    title: "William W. Johnstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "وليم دبليو. جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وليم دبليو. جونستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ولیم ڈبلیو جان اسٹون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Johnstone"
    title: "William W. Johnstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Johnstone"
    title: "William W. Johnstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5889793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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