William Diehl

William Diehl (* 4. December 1924 in Jamaica, Queens , New York; † 24. November 2006 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was a US -American novelist , journalist and photographer .

Life

At the age of 18 Diehl joined the US Army and took part in the Second World War for three years as a member of the Army Air Forces. He was decorated with several medals for bravery. In 1949 he graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He then worked as a successful photographer and journalist for many years, including for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , New Orleans Magazine and Cincinnati Magazine . From 1958 to 1963 he was the official photographer of Martin Luther King .

It was only at the age of 50 that he began to write thrillers. His first novel "Sharky's Machine" (1978) became a bestseller, which was filmed in 1981 by Burt Reynolds . His other eight novels include the bestseller “Primal Fear” (1992), which was also filmed with a star cast.

Diehl lived in Woodstock , Georgia and died of an aortic aneurysm in 2006 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . A tenth novel remained unfinished.

Works

• Sharky's Machine , 1978 (German Sharky and his professionals , 1982, later also called Sharky )
• Chameleon , 1981 (German chameleon , 1990, later also as blood rush )
• Hooligans , 1984
• Thai Horse , 1987 (German Thai Horse , 1989)
• The Hunt , 1990 (German twenty-seven , 1991)
• Primal Fear , 1992 (German twilight , 1996)
• Show Of Evil , 1995 (German: The altar boy of evil , 1998)
• Reign in Hell , 1997
• Eureka , 2002

Film adaptations

• 1981: Sharky and his Pros ( Sharky's Machine ), directed and starring: Burt Reynolds
• 1996: Twilight ( Prime Fear )

Web links

• Literature by and about William Diehl in the catalog of the German National Library
• William Diehl in the Internet Movie Database (English)