William Heffernan

{{short description|American novelist (born 1940)}} {{About|the American novelist|the New York politician|William J. Heffernan|the Nova Scotia politician|William O. Heffernan|the Australian senator|Bill Heffernan|the Connecticut politician|William Heffernan III}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2011}} {{infobox writer |name=William Heffernan |birth_date={{birth date|1940|8|22}} |birth_place=New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |occupation=Novelist |death_date={{death date|2020|12|4}} |death_place=Maryland, U.S. }} <ref>{{Cite web|title=William Michael Heffernan Obituary (2021) The Burlington Free Press|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/name/william-heffernan-obituary?id=9031488|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Legacy.com}}</ref>'''William Heffernan''' (born August 22, 1940){{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} is an American novelist born in New Haven, Connecticut. Before becoming a novelist, Heffernan was an investigative reporter for the ''New York Daily News''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=atpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CowDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6180,3971449&dq=william-heffernan+daily-news&hl=en The Village Voice - Google News Archive Search]</ref> Heffernan left journalism in 1978 after receiving his first book contract for the novel ''Broderick''. He won the Heywood Broun Award twice, received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and has received a number of other local, state and regional honors. William Heffernan has received the Edgar Award, is a member of the Authors Guild and the Mystery Writers of America, and was once President of the International Association of Crime Writers. The film rights for ''The Dinosaur Club'' were sold to Warner Bros. in 1997 for $1 million.<ref name="sold">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080827181932/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,288422,00.html Between the Lines: June 20, 1997], ''Entertainment Weekly''</ref>

==Works== *''Broderick'' (1980) *''Caging the Raven'' (1981) *''The Corsican'' (1983) *''Acts of Contrition'' (1986) *''Blood Rose'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (1988) *''Ritual'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (1989) *''Corsican Honor'' (1991) *''Scarred'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (1992) *''Tarnished Blue'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (winner of the Edgar Award for best paperback original) (1993) *''Winter's Gold'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (1995) *''The Dinosaur Club'' (1997)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/09/bib/971109.rv143245.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=%22william%20heffernan%22&st=cse The Dinosaur Club]</ref> *''Cityside'' (1997)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/19/books/books-in-brief-fiction-427365.html Books in Brief: Fiction - New York Times]</ref> *''Red Angel'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (1999) *''Beulah Hill'' (2000)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/04/reviews/010304.04crimet.html#hill Crime]</ref> *''Unholy Order'' (a Paul Devlin series book) (2000) *''A Time Gone By'' (2003)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/books/crime-816957.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm CRIME - New York Times]</ref> *''The Dead Detective'' (2010)<ref>[http://www.pulp-serenade.com/2011/05/william-heffernan-interview.html Pulp Serenade: William Heffernan Interview]</ref> *''When Johnny Came Marching Home'' (2012)<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/When-Johnny-Came-Marching-Home/dp/1617751359/ When Johnny Came Marching Home: William Heffernan: 9781617751356: Amazon.com: Books]</ref> *''The Scientology Murders'' (a Dead Detective series book) (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/william-heffernan/|title=William Heffernan|website=www.fantasticfiction.com|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

==Translations== *''A Time Gone By'' has been translated into Polish: ''Czas Przeszly'', Wydawnictwo "Amber" Warsaw, 2004

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==External links== *[http://mywebpages.comcast.net/monkshould/HeffernanInterview.html An Interview with Heffernan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020522014529/http://mywebpages.comcast.net/monkshould/HeffernanInterview.html |date=2002-05-22 }} *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/william-heffernan/ Fantastic Fiction - William Heffernan] *[http://www.who-dunnit.com/authors/146/ Who Dunnit, William Heffernan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316113850/http://www.who-dunnit.com/authors/146/ |date=2006-03-16 }}

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