 William Diehl was born in Woodstock, Georgia. He was an author and photojournalist before he started his writing career. He is the creator of 'Martin Vail', a defense attorney in Chicago, Illinois and later assistant attorney general of the United States. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Martin Vail' Novels | |
| 1) Primal Fear | 1993 |
| 2) Show of Evil | 1995 |
| 3) Reign in Hell | 1997 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Sharky's Machine | 1978 |
| 2) Chameleon | 1981 |
| 3) Hooligans | 1984 |
| 4) Thai Horse | 1987 |
| 5) 27 (Also published as: The Hunt [1991]) | 1990 |
| 6) Eureka | 2002 |
| 7) Seven Ways to Die (completed by Kenneth John Atchity) | 2012 |