Author: Thomas E. Gaddis
Alternate names: Thomas Gaddis; Thomas E. GADDIS; Thomas Eugene Gaddis
Born: 1908
Died: 1984
Bio: American writer most noted for his biography, Birdman of Alcatraz (1955), about convicted murderer Robert Stroud. It was adapted as a 1962 film of the same name, starring Burt Lancaster.