William Stevenson (Canadian writer)

William Stevenson (Canadian writer)

William Stevenson (born 1925) is a British-born Canadian author and journalist.

His 1976 book "A Man Called Intrepid" was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller (see the Stephenson article for more). It was made into a 1979 mini-series starring David Niven and Stevenson followed it up with a 1983 book "Intrepid's Last Case".

Bibliography

(This list is incomplete.)

* "The Bushbabies", 1965, Houghton Mifflin Co., Library of Congress No. 65-2509. Children's story inspired by his own family's adventures in Africa.

* "The Bormann Brotherhood", 1973 (non-fiction)

* "A Man Called Intrepid", 1976, Harcourt, ISBN 0-15-156795-6. (non-fiction)

* "The Ghosts of Africa", 1980, Harcourt, ISBN-13: 9780151353385 ISBN 0151353387. Historical fiction set in WW1 colonial German East Africa.

* "Intrepid's Last Case", 1983, Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN 0-7181-2441-3. (non-fiction)

* "Eclipse", 1986 (fiction)

* "Booby Trap", 1987 (fiction)

* "Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam", 1990, Dutton, ISBN 0-525-24934-6. Co-written with his wife Monika Jensen-Stevenson. (non-fiction)

* "The Revolutionary King: : the true-life sequel to the King and I", 2001, Constable and Robinson, ISBN 1-84119-451-4.

* "Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II", 2006, Arcade Publishing, ISBN 978-1559707633. (biography)

References

* Publishers biographical notes in "Intrepid's Last Case".
* [http://www.miafacts.org/bobkiss.html Kiss the Truth Goodbye] review at miafacts.com (only in respect of Stevenson's wife, and the existence of that book)

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