Butterworth IV (previously editor of Boys' Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America) co-authored some of his books.
He was well-known and respected in the literary world for his thrillers and crime novels. To date, he has 160 fiction and nonfiction works to his credit. After his first three novels proved successful, he left this job to pursue writing full-time. Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Writing career Īfter the end of the Korean War, Griffin continued to work for the military in a civilian capacity as Chief of the Publications Division of the U.S. What happened was that I was incredibly lucky in getting to be around some truly distinguished senior officers, sergeants, and spooks. My own military background is wholly undistinguished. He once told a Barnes & Noble interviewer: Griffin was modest about his own service. Many of his books are dedicated to fallen comrades who died in Korea or later on in Vietnam or while serving with the international peacekeeping force dispatched during the Lebanese Civil War. His knowledge of combat and garrison life and his friendships with military personnel from different services would well serve his writing. Griffin received the Combat Infantryman Badge for service at the front lines. X Corps, which included the 1st Marine Division. In Korea he first served as an official Army war correspondent with the 223rd Infantry Regiment, then as public information officer for U.S.
His college days were cut short in 1951 when he was recalled to serve in the Korean War. His exposure to German military and civilian aristocracy supplied much of the inspiration for such Griffin creations as Oberst Graf von Greiffenberg, who appears in several of the Brotherhood of War novels.Īfter completing his active duty military service, Griffin attended Philipps-Universität Marburg at Marburg-an-der-Lahn. One of Griffin's duties was delivering food to German general officers and their families, including the widow of would-be Hitler assassin Claus von Stauffenberg. His military occupation was counterintelligence and in this capacity he served in the Constabulary in Germany, thus earning the Army of Occupation Medal. He joined the United States Army in 1946. Griffin grew up in New York City and Philadelphia.
Griffin and The Hostage "The poet laureate of the American military."- Los Angeles Daily News "Told in Griffin's trademark clean and compelling prose, studded with convincing insider details."- Publishers Weekly "Exciting and great fun."- Library Journal, The poet laureate of the American military. Told in Griffin's trademark clean and compelling prose, studded with convincing insider details.
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