Background
Granger, Bill was born on June 1, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth (Griffith) Granger.
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Known as much for his journalistic reporting as for the fiction he wrote under a variety of pen names, Bill Granger combined his divergent talents in his powerful novel Time for Frankie Coolin. With distinctive voices, compelling characters, on-the-ground observation, and suspense, it offers a serious, illuminating take on the changing tides of race, class, and politics in late twentieth-century Chicago. Time for Frankie Coolin tells the story of a plasterer turned landlord in Chicago who, in the late 1970s, buys abandoned buildings and makes them just habitable enough that he can charge minimal rent to his mostly black tenants. Frankieboth a tough guy in the trades and a family manhas done well by his wife and kids, moving them to a house in the suburbs. But a casual favor for his wife’s cousinallowing the man to store some crates in an empty buildingand a random act of arson set in motion a cascade of crises, including a menacing pair of G-men and the looming threat of prison if Frankie doesn’t talk. But since talking has never been one of Frankie’s strengths, he copes as he always has: by trying to tough it out on his own. Calling to mind such gritty poets of the urban scene as George V. Higgins and Nelson Algren, Time for Frankie Coolin is both a psychological thriller and a ’70s Chicago period piece that shines a surprisingly sympathetic light on the often ignored stories of the people who lived, worked, and died at the city’s margins.
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(Devereaux, code name November, is called back into servic...)
Devereaux, code name November, is called back into service to help a Czechoslovakian agent defect to the West. At the same time a Czech child actress defects while on tour in America, and it is up to Devereaux to discover the connection between the two defections.
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((Previously published as There Are No Spies.) SOON TO BE...)
(Previously published as There Are No Spies.) SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING PIERCE BROSNAN - IN THEATERS AUGUST 27TH! The classic thriller featuring the lethally cool U.S. government spy code-named The November Man The president learned long ago that the CIA could not be trusted. And so he created his own group of deadly efficient men to gather independent intelligence: a watchdog organization to keep the CIA in check. R Section was born. "There are no spies . . . " Until he heard those four simple words, Devereaux thought he'd left his days in R Section behind. He was no longer The November Man, an American field officer in the vice-grip of duty and danger--and the most brilliant agent R Section had ever produced. When he receives the cryptic message from Hanley, his former handler, Devereaux has no idea he's about to be reactivated into a mission to save both his life and R Section itself. He's not aware that a beautiful KGB agent has been ordered to stalk and kill him-or that Hanley is now in a government-subsidized asylum for people with too many secrets. And he doesn't know that zero hour ticks closer for an operation to catch a master spy . . . with Devereaux the designated pawn. What The November Man doesn't know can kill him.
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(It begins in Sweden. A low-level defection by a Russian s...)
It begins in Sweden. A low-level defection by a Russian sailor in Stockholm coincides with the theft of top secret data at a high-level Soviet-American conference in Malmo. At stake is a sophisticated computer virus potentially more lethal than any biological plague known to man. From Paris to Copenhagan to Washington to the Vatican, two adversaries once more find themselves on opposite sides: Henry McGee, the traitorous, seemingly indestructible double agent, and Devereaux - code name November - waging his own personal, deadly war for - and against - both the CIA and the KGB.
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(As his alma mater's "dream team" approaches the Final Fou...)
As his alma mater's "dream team" approaches the Final Four, Jimmy Drover is drawn into an investigation of fixed games, point- shaving, recruitment violations, and murder. Reprint.
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(Agreeing to investigate allegations that a baseball super...)
Agreeing to investigate allegations that a baseball superstar for the Chicago Cubs has developed a gambling problem, former sportswriter Jimmy Drover learns that several people stand to benefit from the athlete's downfall--or death. Reprint.
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(When East German Stasi terrorist Kurt Heinemann plans to ...)
When East German Stasi terrorist Kurt Heinemann plans to steal a supersecret Japanese code machine and use it to maneuver the Japanese, Russians, and Americans into a global conflict, Devereaux, the November Man, must stop him.
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(After a Catholic priest wanders out of the jungles of Tha...)
After a Catholic priest wanders out of the jungles of Thailand after having disappeared 20 years earlier and into the custody of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, a power struggle between the CIA, the Soviets, and the Vatican Intelligence network ensues to silence Father Leo Tunney. Enter Deveroux, sent to find out what a reporter named Rita Macklin knows about the resurfaced Father Tunney after she had managed to take a photo of him while in custody of CIA. He determines that it's the journal the Father is writing that everyone wants to get their hands on. What's is in it and why are people willing to kill to get it.
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(Espionage expert Devereaux, a.k.a. the November Man, has ...)
Espionage expert Devereaux, a.k.a. the November Man, has less than twenty-four hours to foil a plot--hatched by a beautiful socialite, a playboy senator, and a disaffected army officer--to destroy the energy industry. Reprint.
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Granger, Bill was born on June 1, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth (Griffith) Granger.
He attended St. Ambrose Catholic School until 1955, then was a student newspaper editor with The DePaulia at DePaul University (graduating with a bachelor's degree in English in 1963).
He also wrote under the pseudonyms Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. He worked at the Chicago Tribune and other Illinois newspapers. Some of his thrillers are Public Murders (1981), The November Man, Schism and The Shattered Eye.
Born June 1, 1941, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, William F. Granger lived most of his life in Chicago, on the city's South Side. From 1963 to 1965, Granger served with the United States Army before his writing career that span from the 1960s to 2000 with several Chicago newspapers:
1963-1966 Reporter with United Press International Chicago bureau
1966-1969 Reporter with Chicago Tribune
1969 Began teaching journalism classes at Columbia College, Chicago
1969-1978 Reporter and columnist with Chicago Sun Times
1971 6-month leave from Sun Times to Europe and later covering Belfast civil war for Newsday, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times news service
1972-1974 Returns and becomes suburban feature writer with Sun Times
1975-1977 Radio-television critic columnist with the Sun Times
1980 Contributing columnist with Chicago Tribune
1994-1999 Columnist with Daily Herald
Novels
1979 The November Man
1980 Sweeps
1981 Schism
1982 Queen's Crossing
1982 The Shattered Eye
1982 Time for Frankie Coolin (as Bill Griffith)
1983 The British Cross
1984 The Zurich Numbers
1986 Hemingway's Notebook
1987 There Are No Spies
1988 The Infant Of Prague
1988 Henry McGee Is Not Dead
1990 The Man Who Heard Too Much
1990 League Of Terror
1991 Drover
1991 The Last Good German
1992 Drover and the Zebras
1993 Burning The Apostle
1994 Drover and the Designated Hitter
Granger had a stroke in January 2000, and ended his writing career. From 2002 to his death he lived in the Manteno Veterans Home.
The immediate cause of death was a heart attack, although he had suffered a series of strokes since the 1990s.
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(Fictiional Novel; Mystery Novel; Espionage Novel)
((Previously published as There Are No Spies.) SOON TO BE...)
((Previously published as There Are No Spies.) SOON TO BE...)
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(A NOVEMBER MAN NOVEL)
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Served with United States Army, 1963-1965.
Married Lori Meschke, June 27, 1967. 1 child, Alec.