Author: William Brinkley
Born: 1917
Bio: William Brinkley, born in 1917, was a newspaper reporter before spending four years on active Navy duty. Then at *Life magazine*, he was busy working on a new novel. He is the author of *Quicksand*  and *The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia*. Random House published the higher priced hardbound edition of *Don't Go Near the Water*.