William Craig (author)

William Craig (1929–1997) was an American author and historian.

Early life and education

He was born in Concord, Massachusetts and educated at Columbia University.

Writing career

His first book, The Fall of Japan (1968), is a documentary account of the last weeks of the Second World War in the Pacific. In a front-page review in The New York Times Book Review, eminent military historian S.L.A. Marshall called The Fall of Japan "virtually faultless".

Craig's first novel, The Tashkent Crisis (1971), is a Cold War Era thriller about espionage and international politics.

His second World War II history, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (1973), culminated five years of research, during which Craig traveled extensively on three continents, studying documents and interviewing hundreds of survivors of the Battle of Stalingrad. Incidents from the history were used to structure the hit movie, Enemy at the Gates (2001).

Craig's final book was a spy thriller, The Strasbourg Legacy (1975).

Personal life

He married Eleanor Russell, who — as Eleanor Craig — was the bestselling author of four books, including P.S. You're Not Listening (1972). They had four children.

Their second son, William Craig, is the author of Yankee Come Home: On the Road from San Juan Hill to Guantanamo (2012).

Bibliography

• The Fall of Japan (1968)
• The Tashkent Crisis (1971)

External links

• Penguin.ca, Penguin Books Authors