Adrian Havill is an American author and journalist. Havill has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles, as well as eleven books, many of which are available as recorded audio discs.

Personal life

Adrian Havill was born in Bournemouth,

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in 1940 to Leslie and Molly Havill. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

ended he was brought to Vancouver, Canada by his mother in 1947. After five more marriages by his mother, he left home. Beginning in 1955 he voluntarily lived in an orphanage, Jeffs Home for Boys, in Kent, Washington until his 18th birthday. On that day he joined the U.S. Army where he became a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and also the editor of its Fort Bragg, N.C. newspaper, ''The Paraglide.'' In 1962 his extended term of military duty ended and he settled in Washington, D.C. His first job in Washington was as a copy aide for the then-weekly newsmagazine, ''U.S. News & World Report.'' Told he could not write editorially for USN&WR he began freelancing which led to positions in various advertising and public relations agencies. He subsequently formed his own firm, Havill Associates, Inc. In 1992 he wrote ''The Last Mogul,'' an unauthorized biography of Jack Kent Cooke, the owner of the then-Washington Redskins, and who had owned both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Kings as well as multiple other franchises in sports. A year later he authored ''Deep Truth,'' a joint biography of journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. ''Man of Steel,'' a 1996 biography of actor Christopher Reeve, was sold worldwide and translated into Chinese by the People's Republic of China. A 1999 book, ''The Mother, The Son, and the Socialite,'' detailed the lives of mother and son serial killers, Sante and Kenneth Kimes. It was made into a motion picture starring Mary Tyler Moore and Jean Stapleton. Another book in the True Crime genre, ''While Innocents Slept,'' was published a year later and is available in audio. Months later, Havill authored ''Born Evil,'' an account of the crimes of serial killer Hadden Clark. ''Born Evil'' is in development as a film. In 2001, Havill segued into espionage with ''The Spy Who Stayed Out In The Cold,'' an account of FBI agent and traitor, Robert Hanssen. He has also co-authored books on subjects as varied as OJ Simpson and the 82nd Airborne Division. Havill lives in Winter Park, Florida with his wife of 56 years, the former Georgiana Atkins. Their daughter, Amanda, lives in Vienna, Virginia. Their son, Eido Inoue, lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Books authored

* ''The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FBI Double Agent

Robert Hanssen Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) double agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. His espionage was described ...

'' (2001) * ''While Innocents Slept: A Story of Revenge, Murder, and SIDS'' (2001) * ''The Mother, the Son and the Socialite: The True Story of a Mother-Son Crime Spree'' (1999) (about Kenny and Sante Kimes) * ''Man of Steel: the Career and Courage of

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, best known for playing the title character in the film '' Superman'' (1978) and three sequels. Born in New York City and raised in Princeton, New Jersey ...

'' (1996) * ''Deep Truth: The Lives of

Bob Woodward Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for '' The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for ''The Washingt ...

and

Carl Bernstein Carl Milton Bernstein ( ; born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original n ...

'' (1993) * ''The Last Mogul: The Unauthorized Biography of

Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and news ...

'' (1992) * ''Born Evil: A True Story of Cannibalism and Serial Murder'' (2001) (about

Hadden Clark Hadden Irving Clark (born July 31, 1952) is an American veteran, murderer and serial killer, currently serving two 30-year sentences at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland for the murders of 6-year-old Michele Lee Dorr in 1986, ...

)

References

External links

Crime Library bio

IMDb bio

Amazon book listing
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