Born: 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia
Diehl was a novelist and photojournalist
William Diehl started writing novels considerably late
He published his first novel on the day after his 50th birthday
Some of his publications are
Sharky's Machine
Chameleon
Hooligans
Thai Horse
27
The Hunt
Eureka
Diehl died at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta of aortic aneurism
He was a resident of Woodstock, Georgia at the time of his death and was working on his tenth novel
Died 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia