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William Martin writes American historical fiction, and 13 books are catalogued under his name. Back Bay (1979) opens the run and December '41 (2022) closes it. Peter Fallon recurs as a character across the main series, and the novels take their material from United States history: Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Annapolis, Maryland, the presidency, and the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Cape Cod (1991), Harvard Yard (2003) and The Lost Constitution (2007) sit in the middle of the run.

William McIlvanney

16 books• 3 series

William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 - 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, poet and short story writer, known to friends as Gus. McIlvanney is called the father of Tartan Noir, and Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch and Walking Wounded depict Glasgow in the 1970s. The fictional Jack Laidlaw and police procedurals appear in the subjects. The 16 catalogued books run from Remedy is None (1966) to Dreaming Scotland (2014), and Docherty (1975) and The Big Man (1985) are among them.

William McRaven writes on special operations, leadership and service. Spec Ops (2009) and Operation KINGPIN (2016) are military history; Make Your Bed (2017), The Hero Code (2021) and The Wisdom of the Bullfrog (2023) set out lessons for a general readership, and Sea Stories (2019) is memoir. Two picture books, Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal (2021) and Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal (2025), carry the same material to children. Ten titles reach Duty, Honor, Country, and Life (2026).

William Peter Blatty

15 books• 4 series

William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) was an American novelist, screenwriter, director and producer, best known for The Exorcist (1971). Blatty wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, was nominated for Best Picture as its producer, and took a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama in the same role. The 15 catalogued books open with Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1960) and include Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane (1966), The Ninth Configuration (1978), Legion (1983) and Finding Peter (2015). Blatty grew up in New York City and studied English at Georgetown University and George Washington University.

William R. Forstchen is an American historian and author, a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College in North Carolina, holding a doctorate from Purdue University. Military and alternative history, thrillers and speculative events run through the work. Three alternate Civil War novels were written with the politician Newt Gingrich, two of those with the writer Albert S. Hanser as well, and three further novels cover George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. The catalogue records 41 books from Ice Prophet (1983) to Five Years After (2023), with Lost Regiment and After/John Matherson among the series listed.

William S. Burroughs

39 books• 2 series

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American writer and visual artist and a central figure of the Beat Generation. Drug addiction, unreliable narration and semi-autobiographical material shape the fiction, which begins with Junky in 1953 under the name William Lee and takes in Naked Lunch (1959). Burroughs and Brion Gysin together popularised the cut-up, a chance-based method of composing text. The Nova Trilogy and the Red Night Trilogy group parts of the work, and 39 catalogued titles run as far as The Finger in 2018.

William Sarabande is the pen name of Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline, who started writing at 17 and first appeared in print in 1979. The First Americans series carries the Sarabande name across 12 catalogued books, from Beyond the Sea of Ice (1987) through Corridor of Storms (1988), Walkers of the Wind (1990) and Thunder in the Sky (1992) to Spirit Moon (2000). Subjects cover prehistoric peoples, Native Americans and historical fiction. The catalogue opens with Wolves of the Dawn (1986), filed with Celts and the Bronze Age.

William Shakespeare

49 books• 5 series

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, born around 23 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616. Shakespeare is widely ranked as the greatest writer in English and the leading dramatist in the world, and is called England's national poet and the Bard of Avon. The surviving works, collaborations included, number about 39 plays, 154 sonnets and 3 long narrative poems. The plays exist in every major living language and are staged more often than those of any other playwright. The catalogue sorts the plays into Comedy Plays, Tragedy Plays and History Plays, with titles such as King John, Richard II, Henry V, The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors.

William Shatner

33 books• 8 series

William Shatner, born on 22 March 1931, is a Canadian actor who played Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek from 1966 to 1994, from the second pilot of the original television series to Star Trek Generations. Shatner started in Canadian film and television before guest roles on American shows. The catalogue lists 33 Shatner books, from Shatner: Where No Man ... (1979) to Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder (2022), including TekWar (1989), Star Trek Memories (1993) and The Ashes of Eden (1995). Series include Quest for Tomorrow, Star Trek: Odyssey, Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Trilogy and Star Trek: Totality.

William Shaw came to crime fiction from journalism, having written for The Observer, The New York Times, Wired, Arena and The Face and taken Amazon UK's Music Journalist of the Year award in 2003. Non-fiction came first: Westside (2000), a year spent among young men in South Central Los Angeles, and A Superhero for Hire (2004), collected columns from the Observer Magazine. The Breen and Tozer trilogy opens with A Song From Dead Lips / She's Leaving Home (2013), setting Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen and Constable Helen Tozer against London in 1968 and 1969. DS Alexandra Cupidi and DS Eden Driscoll lead later series, and Shaw's 18 catalogued books reach The Burning Tide (2026) at a median of 410 pages.

William Wallace Johnstone, October 28, 1938 to February 8, 2004, was an American author of westerns, horror and survivalist fiction. The Devil's Kiss opened the run in 1981, followed by The Last of the Dog Team (1981), Out of the Ashes (1983) and Anarchy in the Ashes (1984). Series filed under the name include Ashes, First Mountain Man, Smoke Jensen, Last Gunfighter, Blood Bond and Duff MacCallister, and subjects include outlaws, frontier and pioneer life, revenge and Texas. The catalogue carries 544 titles under the Johnstone name dated 1981 to 2026, well past the 2004 death date, and 400 of them carry a William W. Johnstone credit.

Willow Aster has 29 books catalogued from 2013 to 2026, beginning with True Love Story and In the Fields (both 2013). Aster writes about characters who beat the odds and about love that endures, and co-writes The End of Men series with Tarryn Fisher. Series include Single Dad Playbook, Windy Harbor, Kingdoms of Sin, La Jolla and Landmark Mountain. Fade to Red (2015), Lilith (2017), Miles Ahead (2019) and Miles Apart (2019) sit mid-catalogue, and Now and Forever (2026) is the newest.

Twenty-three books are catalogued under Willow Dixon, published from 2022 onward. Five series divide them: Crimson Club, Silvercrest U, Never Have I Ever, Legacy Mechanics and Heroes at Home. Punched My Roommate's V-Card (2022) is the first catalogued title, ten more arrived across 2022 and 2023, and Secrets and Lies (2026) is the newest.

Willow Fox writes romance, and published earlier as Ruth Silver. The catalogue holds 69 books between 2012 and 2026, opening with The Wedding Photography Guide for Brides (2012), written as Ruth Silver, and reaching Between Control and Chaos (2026). Twelve series are catalogued, among them Mafia Marriages, Bratva Brothers, Eagle Tactical, the Federal Agent Chronicles, Ice Dragons Hockey, Bossy Single Dad, Academy of Littles and Crimson Ice. Love Forbidden (2013), Dead Girl Walking (2014) and Dating Wars (2015) sit early in the run.

Willow Rose has 108 books catalogued from Beyond (2011) to Every Breath You Take (2026). Serial killers, murder investigations, criminal profilers and women journalists are the common subjects. The Rose series include Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Emma Frost, Rebekka Franck, Jack Ryder, Harry Hunter Mystery and Detective Billie Ann Wilde, plus Vampires of Shadow Hills and Horror Stories from Denmark. One, Two ... He Is Coming For You (2011) is among the early titles.

Willow Winters is a romance author with USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller credits. The catalogue lists 119 Winters titles, from Bought (2016) to Signed in Blood (2026), with Promised to Ruin due in 2027. Subject tags include dark romance, mafia romance, contemporary romance, erotica, second chance and enemies to lovers. Series include Merciless, Sins and Secret, Valetti Crime Family, This Love Hurts, To Be Claimed and Irresistible Attraction, alongside a line of short stories and novellas. Winters continues to publish.

Winnie Griggs writes historical and inspirational romance. Catalogue subjects include Texas, Christian romance, mail order brides, widows, widowers, orphans and marriage. The catalogue lists 40 books, from What Matters Most and Something More (both 2001) to The Heart of Honor (2026). Series credited to Griggs are Texas Grooms, Knotty Pines, Hope's Haven, Everharts of Texas, Sweetbrier Creek and Unexpected Sinclares.

Winston Graham (30 June 1908 to 10 July 2003) was an English novelist, born Winston Grime, who took the name Graham by deed poll on 7 May 1947. The Poldark historical novels, set in Cornwall, are the best-known Graham work, and Ross Poldark and the Napoleonic Wars appear in the subject headings. Graham also wrote contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, plays and non-fiction, and held an OBE. The 48 catalogued books run from The House with the Stained Glass Windows (1934) to Memoirs of a Private Man (2003).

Winter Renshaw writes contemporary romance, with 32 books in the catalogue from 2015 to 2026. Dark Paradise (2015) is listed first, and Arrogant Playboy (2015) and Never Kiss a Stranger (2015) appeared the same year. Renshaw's series are Rixton Falls, Amato Brothers, P.S. and Hearted. Filthy (2016), Priceless (2016) and Royal (2016) are among the titles, and Love Grows Wild (2026) is the newest.