Disciplines: Literature – fiction

William Craig

Disciplines: Literature – fiction
Residencies: 1970, 1971, 1971, 1973, 1977

William Craig (1929-1997) was an American author and historian who is best known for his books about World War II. Craig was an advertising salesman in 1958 when he appeared as a contestant on the television quiz show “Tic Tac Dough.” He did so well, winning $42,000, that he was able to enroll at Columbia University and earn undergraduate and master’s degrees in history. In 1967, he published The Fall of Japan, an account of the end of the Pacific war. He also wrote Enemy at the Gates (1973), about the battle of Stalingrad, and several other novels. Craig was a Fellow at MacDowell five times between the years 1970 and 1977.

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Veltin

William Craig worked in the Veltin studio.

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