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Trevanian | |
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| Born | Rodney William Whitaker June 12, 1931 Granville, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 2005 (aged 74) Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | University of Washington Northwestern University |
| Genre | Fiction |
Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran. He published the nonfiction book The Language of Film under his own name.
Between 1972 and 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each.[1] He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Zola, Ian Fleming, Poe, and Chaucer."[2] Whitaker adamantly avoided publicity for most of his life, his real name a closely held secret for many years. The 1980 reference book Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers listed his real name in its Trevanian entry.[3]
- ^ John Rodat, "Assumed Identity", Albany's Metroland Magazine Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, n.d. 2005, accessed 15 Nov 2008.
- ^ Van Boven, Sarah (Oct 12, 1998). "At last, Trevanian speaks!". Newsweek. 132 (15): 83.
- ^ Reilly, John M. (1980). Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. New York: Macmillian. p. 1392. ISBN 0312824173.