Residence Chicago Alma mater DePaul University Movies The November Man Education BA in English Role Novelist | Citizenship United States Name Bill Granger Nationality American Occupation Writer and novelist Children Alec Granger | |
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Full Name William F. Granger Born June 1, 1941 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Died April 22, 2012, Manteno, Illinois, United States Spouse Lori Granger (m. 1967–2012) Parents William Granger, Ruth Griffith Granger Books There are no spies, bills open kitchen, The shattered eye, Bills Food, The British cross | ||
Bill Granger (June 1, 1941 – April 22, 2012) was an American novelist from Chicago specializing in political thrillers. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. He worked at the Chicago Tribune and other Illinois newspapers.
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Some of his thrillers are Public Murders (1981), The November Man, Schism and The Shattered Eye.
Early years
Born June 1, 1941, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, William F. Granger lived most of his life in Chicago, on the city's South Side. He attended St. Ambrose Catholic School until 1955. Next, Granger attended DePaul University, where he was a student newspaper editor of The DePaulia. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English in 1963. During his student years he was a copy boy with the Washington Post, where he met his wife Lori.
Military service and writing career
From 1963 to 1965, Granger served with the United States Army before his writing career that span from the 1960s to 2000 with several Chicago newspapers:
Novels
Later years and death
Granger had a stroke in January 2000, and ended his writing career. From 2002 to his death he lived in the Manteno Veterans Home; the immediate cause of death was a heart attack, although he had suffered a series of strokes since the 1990s. He is survived by wife Lori and son Alec.
In 2001, Lori Granger gave the DePaul University Special Collections and Archives a collection of documents and correspondence, including personal documents, photographs, and childhood items, related to her husband's career as a journalist and novelist.