William McPherson

William McPherson (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, Testing the Current and To the Sargasso Sea, and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1977.NNDB.com He worked as a journalist for The Washington Post during his journalist career.

McPherson died at a medical center in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2017 from complications of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, aged 84.William McPherson Pulitzer Winning Book Critic Who Chronicled his Decline into Poverty Dies at 84

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Other websites
McPherson's blog at Tumblr

Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
Category:1933 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American literary critics
Category:Journalists from Michigan
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:Deaths from pneumonia