William Stevenson (Canadian writer)

William Henry Stevenson
Born(1924-06-01)1 June 1924
Died26 November 2013(2013-11-26) (aged 89)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupationauthor

William Henry Stevenson (1 June 1924 – 26 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist.[1]

His 1976 book A Man Called Intrepid was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller. It was made into a 1979 mini-series starring David Niven.[2] Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, Intrepid's Last Case. He published his autobiography in 2012.

In 1976 Stevenson released the book, 90 Minutes at Entebbe.[3] It was about Operation Entebbe, an operation where Israeli commandos landed at night at Entebbe Airport in Uganda and succeeded in rescuing the passengers of an airliner hi-jacked by Palestinian militants, while incurring very few casualties. Stevenson's "instant book" was written, edited, printed and available for sale within weeks of the event it described.[4][5]

  1. ^ "William Stevenson, author of A Man Called Intrepid, dies". CBC News. 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  2. ^ "A Man Called Intrepid (1979) - Peter Carter | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Instant book out on Entebbe raid". The Saturday Citizen. 1976-07-23. Retrieved 2013-06-09. The book in both English and Hebrew editions is to be on sale within weeks of the July 4 Israeli raid.
  4. ^ Roger Cohen (1990-09-07). "Crisis in Iraq Inspires Spate of Books". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2013-06-09. Instant books have enjoyed a considerable vogue since Bantam's success in 1976 with 90 Minutes at Entebbe, a book about the Israeli raid in Uganda.
  5. ^ Timothy Leary. "Turning News Into Movies: The Making Of the Deal". Esquire magazine. Retrieved 2013-06-09. 90 Minutes at Entebbe, by William Stevenson, was available to readers July 25, just twenty-two days after the raid.