William Wright, the author of ten nonfiction books on diverse
subjects, was born in Philadelphia in 1930. After earning a BA at
Yale University, he served in the US Army as a translator and
interpreter of Mandarin Chinese. Later he became an editor at
Holiday and the editor of Chicago magazine. In
addition to The Von Bülow Affair, Wright is the
author of many books, among them Lillian Hellman: The Image, the
Woman; Pavarotti: My World; and Born That Way: Genes,
Behavior, Personality.