Name William Craig Role Author | Education Columbia University | |
Died September 22, 1997, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States Books Enemy at the Gates: The Battl, The Fall of Japan, The Strasbourg Legacy, Yankee Come Home: O, The Tashkent Crisis |
William Craig (1929–1997) was an American author.
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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.
Craig's first novel, The Tashkent Crisis (1971), is a Cold War Era thriller about espionage and international politics. His second World War II book, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, was published in 1973. Incidents from the history were used to structure the 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).