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**''The Vigilantes'' (2010) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | **''The Vigilantes'' (2010) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | ||
**''The Last Witness'' (2013) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-16257-7}} | **''The Last Witness'' (2013) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-16257-7}} | ||
**''[[Deadly Assets (W.E.B. Griffin novel)|Deadly Assets'' | **''[[Deadly Assets (W.E.B. Griffin novel)|Deadly Assets]]'' (2015) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9780399171178}} | ||
**''Broken Trust'' (2016) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9780399171208}} | **''Broken Trust'' (2016) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9780399171208}} | ||
**''The Attack'' (2019) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9780525541752}} | **''The Attack'' (2019) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9780525541752}} | ||
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**''Secret Honor'' (1999) | **''Secret Honor'' (1999) | ||
**''Death and Honor'' (2008) {with William E. Butterworth IV} | **''Death and Honor'' (2008) {with William E. Butterworth IV} | ||
**The Honor of Spies (2009) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | **''The Honor of Spies'' (2009) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | ||
**Victory and Honor (2011) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | **''Victory and Honor'' (2011) (with William E. Butterworth IV) | ||
**Empire and Honor (2012) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-16066-3}} {{OCLC|785077565}} | **''Empire and Honor'' (2012) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-16066-3}} {{OCLC|785077565}} | ||
*[[The Presidential Agent Series]] (contemporary counterterrorism) | *[[The Presidential Agent Series]] (contemporary counterterrorism) | ||
**''By Order of the President'' (2005) {{ISBN|0399152075}} {{OCLC|55960903}} | **''By Order of the President'' (2005) {{ISBN|0399152075}} {{OCLC|55960903}} | ||
**''The Hostage'' (2006) {{ISBN|0399153144}} {{OCLC|61151635}} | **''The Hostage'' (2006) {{ISBN|0399153144}} {{OCLC|61151635}} | ||
**''The Hunters'' (2007) {{ISBN|0-399-15379-9}} {{OCLC|191728479}} | **''The Hunters'' (2007) {{ISBN|0-399-15379-9}} {{OCLC|191728479}} | ||
** ''The Shooters'' (2008) {{ISBN|0-399-15440-X}} {{OCLC|154688721}} | **''The Shooters'' (2008) {{ISBN|0-399-15440-X}} {{OCLC|154688721}} | ||
** ''Black Ops'' (2009) {{ISBN|9780399155178}} {{OCLC|213308426}} | **''Black Ops'' (2009) {{ISBN|9780399155178}} {{OCLC|213308426}} | ||
**''The Outlaws'' (2010) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-15683-6}} | **''The Outlaws'' (2010) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|0-399-15683-6}} | ||
**''Covert Warriors'' (2011) (with William E. Butterworth IV) {{ISBN|0-399-15780-8}} {{OCLC|751991340}} | **''Covert Warriors'' (2011) (with William E. Butterworth IV) {{ISBN|0-399-15780-8}} {{OCLC|751991340}} | ||
**''Hazardous Duty'' (2013) (with William E. Butterworth IV) {{ISBN|9780399160677}} {{OCLC|837143850}} | **''Hazardous Duty'' (2013) (with William E. Butterworth IV) {{ISBN|9780399160677}} {{OCLC|837143850}} | ||
**''Rogue Asset'' (2021) (with Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson {{ISBN|9780698164604}} {{OCLC|1295450954}} | |||
**''Direct Action'' (2025) (with Jack Stewart){{ISBN|9798217046386}} | |||
*[[Clandestine Operations Series]] (early CIA) | *[[Clandestine Operations Series]] (early CIA) | ||
**''[[Top Secret (W. E. B. Griffin novel)|Top Secret]]'' (2014) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9781410471420}} | **''[[Top Secret (W. E. B. Griffin novel)|Top Secret]]'' (2014) (with William E. Butterworth IV), {{ISBN|9781410471420}} | ||
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**''Hunger For Racing'' (1967) | **''Hunger For Racing'' (1967) | ||
**''Racing to Glory'' (1969) | **''Racing to Glory'' (1969) | ||
**''The Twelve-cylinder Screamer (1971) | **''The Twelve-cylinder Screamer'' (1971) | ||
**''Drag Race Driver'' (1971) | **''Drag Race Driver'' (1971) | ||
**''A Long Ride on a Cycle'' (1972) | **''A Long Ride on a Cycle'' (1972) | ||
*Written under the pseudonym of Jack Dugan | *Written under the pseudonym of Jack Dugan | ||
**The Deep Kill (1984) | **''The Deep Kill'' (1984) | ||
* Written under pseudonym of Eden Hughes | * Written under pseudonym of Eden Hughes | ||
**''The Wiltons'' (1980) | **''The Wiltons'' (1980) | ||
**''The Selkerks'' (1982) | **''The Selkerks'' (1982) | ||
* Written under pseudonym of Allison Mitchell | * Written under pseudonym of Allison Mitchell | ||
**Wild Harvest (1983) | **''Wild Harvest'' (1983) | ||
**Wild Heritage (1984) | **''Wild Heritage'' (1984) | ||
* Written under pseudonym of Edmund O. Scholefield | * Written under pseudonym of Edmund O. Scholefield | ||
**''L'il Wildcat'' (1965) | **''L'il Wildcat'' (1965) | ||
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**''Tires and Other Things: Some Heroes of Automotive Evolution'' (1975) | **''Tires and Other Things: Some Heroes of Automotive Evolution'' (1975) | ||
**''Careers in the Armed Services'' (1976) | **''Careers in the Armed Services'' (1976) | ||
**''Mighty Minicycles' (1976) | **''Mighty Minicycles'' (1976) | ||
**''The Roper Brothers and Their Magnificent Steam Automobile'' (1976) | **''The Roper Brothers and Their Magnificent Steam Automobile'' (1976) | ||
**''An Album of Automobile Racing'' (1977) | **''An Album of Automobile Racing'' (1977) | ||
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**''[[Leroy and the Old Man]]'' (1980) {{ISBN|0-590-07638-8}}. | **''[[Leroy and the Old Man]]'' (1980) {{ISBN|0-590-07638-8}}. | ||
**''Flunking Out'' (1981) | **''Flunking Out'' (1981) | ||
**''A Member of the Family (1982) | **''A Member of the Family'' (1982) | ||
**''Moose, the Thing, and Me'' (1982) | **''Moose, the Thing, and Me'' (1982) | ||
**''The Hunting Trip'' | **''The Hunting Trip'' (2015) {{ISBN|9780399176234}} | ||
{{Col-end}} | {{Col-end}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:00, 18 December 2025
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". William Edmund Butterworth III (November 10, 1929 – February 12, 2019),[1] better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, was an American writer of military and detective fiction with 59 novels in seven series published under that name. Twenty-one of those books were co-written with his son, William E Butterworth IV. He also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name (W. E. Butterworth, William E. Butterworth, and William E. Butterworth III).[2]
Early life
Griffin grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. He joined the United States Army in 1946. His military occupation was counterintelligence and in this capacity he served in the Constabulary in Germany, thus earning the Army of Occupation Medal. One of Griffin's duties was delivering food to German general officers and their families, including the widow of would-be Hitler assassin Claus von Stauffenberg. His exposure to German military and civilian aristocracy supplied much of the inspiration for such Griffin creations as Oberst Graf von Greiffenberg, who appears in several of the Brotherhood of War novels.
After completing his active duty military service, Griffin attended Philipps-Universität Marburg at Marburg-an-der-Lahn. His college days were cut short in 1951 when he was recalled to serve in the Korean War.[1]
In Korea he first served as an official Army war correspondent with the 223rd Infantry Regiment, then as public information officer for U.S. X Corps, which included the 1st Marine Division.[3] Griffin received the Combat Infantryman Badge for service at the front lines.[4] His knowledge of combat and garrison life and his friendships with military personnel from different services would well serve his writing. Many of his books are dedicated to fallen comrades who died in Korea or later on in Vietnam or while serving with the international peacekeeping force dispatched during the Lebanese Civil War. Griffin was modest about his own service. He once told a Barnes & Noble interviewer:
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My own military background is wholly undistinguished. I was a sergeant. What happened was that I was incredibly lucky in getting to be around some truly distinguished senior officers, sergeants, and spooks.[5]
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Writing career
After the end of the Korean War, Griffin continued to work for the military in a civilian capacity as Chief of the Publications Division of the U.S. Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity at Fort Rucker, Alabama. After his first three novels proved successful, he left this job to pursue writing full-time. To date, he has 160 fiction and nonfiction works to his credit. He was well known and respected in the literary world for his thrillers and crime novels.[6]
His son William E. Butterworth IV (previously editor of Boys' Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America) co-authored some of his books. Butterworth fils was a long-time editor who moved from assisting in editing his father's work to collaborator. As of July 2015, he has been co-author of sixteen Griffin books in five different novel series. He was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Mystery Writers Key West Fest.[7]
Griffin's knowledge of military jargon and administrative writing style shows when fictional orders and dispatches are incorporated in his novels. Many of his characters must battle red tape and bureaucratic mix-ups, sometimes making humorous end-runs around the system.
Griffin was the co-founder of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs at Norwich University in Vermont, along with his friend, historian and Patton biographer Colonel Carlo D'Este. Griffin was a member of the Colby Circle, having participated in the William E. Colby Writers Symposium at Norwich University.[8]
Personal life
In 1950, Griffin married Emma Macalik, a ballet dancer and the author of As the Waltz Was Ending, a memoir of her life growing up as a dancer in Vienna during World War II. They had a daughter, Patricia, and two sons, John S. II and William E. IV. The marriage ended in divorce in the 1990s.[9] Emma died from lung cancer in 2003.[10]
Griffin later married Maria del Pilar Menendez, whom he had met in Argentina. She died in 2018.[11]
Griffin died in February 2019 from colorectal cancer at the age of 89.[11]
Bibliography
The following is the list of books written by W.E.B. Griffin:[12]
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- ↑ Blankenship, Janie. "Vets of WWI Through Vietnam Became Famous in the Literary World", VFW Magazine (April 2015), p. 48.
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- ↑ LeCount, Andrew (2000). Meet the Authors: W.E.B. Griffin (interview). Barnes and Noble website. Retrieved 2008-07-05
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