William Craig | |
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Born | 1929 |
Died | September 22, 1997 | (aged 67–68)
Occupation | Author |
Notable work | The Fall of Japan (1968) The Tashkent Crisis (1971) Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (1973) The Strasbourg Legacy (1975) |
Spouse | Eleanor Russell (m. ?–1997; his death) |
Children | Four children, including William Craig |
William Craig (1929 – September 22, 1997) [1] was an American historian and author of fiction and non-fiction. [2]
His first book, The Fall of Japan (1968), is a non-fiction account of the last weeks of the Second World War in the Pacific. [3]
Craig's first novel, The Tashkent Crisis (1971), is a Cold War Era thriller about espionage and international politics. His second book on the Second World War, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, was published in 1973. Incidents from history were used to structure the movie Enemy at the Gates (2001). Craig's final book was a spy thriller, The Strasbourg Legacy (1975).
He married Eleanor Russell,[ citation needed] who — as Eleanor Craig — was the bestselling author of four books, including P.S. You're Not Listening (1972). [4] They had four children. [5]
Their second son, William Craig,[ citation needed] is the author of Yankee Come Home: On the Road from San Juan Hill to Guantanamo (2012). [6]