William Brinkley
| William Brinkley | |
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Brinkley in the mid-1950s
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| Born | William Clark Brinkley September 10, 1917 Custer City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | November 22, 1993 (aged 76) McAllen, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist, naval officer, writer, editor, reporter |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
| Period | 1948–1988 |
| Genre | Post-apocalyptic, fiction, comedy, non-fiction |
| Notable works |
Don't Go Near the Water (1956) The Last Ship (1988) |
| Spouses | Jean Brinkley |
| Children | David Shelander (stepson) |
| Relatives | Paul Brinkley (brother) Virginia McCabe (sister) Daniel Squire Brinkley (father) |
William Clark "Bill" Brinkley (September 10, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an American writer and journalist, best known for his novels Don't Go Near the Water (1956), which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted to an eponymous 1957 film, and The Last Ship (1988), which TNT adapted as an 2014–2016 television series.
Brinkley was born in Custer City, Oklahoma on September 10, 1917, the son of Daniel Squire Brinkley, a Baptist minister. The youngest of five children, Brinkley attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa in 1940.
Brinkley was a commissioned officer in the United States Navy during World War II, where he served in Europe and the Pacific, primarily in public relations duties.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1940, Brinkley went on to work for The Daily Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Afterwards, Brinkley was a reporter for The Washington Post from 1941 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1951. In the latter period he wrote an article about an exorcism that later became the basis of William Peter Blatty's bestselling novel The Exorcist (1971). Brinkley was also a staff writer, correspondent, and assistant editor for Life magazine from 1951 to 1958 and a member of the National Press Club until his death in 1993.
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