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  <name><![CDATA[W.E.B. Griffin]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webgriffin.com&quot;&gt;Authors Website:&lt;/a&gt;

W.E.B. Griffin is the author of thirty-six epic novels in six series, all of which have been listed on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and other best-seller lists. More than forty million of his books are in print in more than ten languages, including Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Hungarian.

Mr. Griffin grew up in the suburbs of New York City and Philadelphia. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1946. After basic training, he received counterintelligence training at Fort Holabird, Maryland. He was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany, and ultimately to the staff of then-Major General I.D. White, commander of the U.S. Constabulary.

In 1951, Mr. Griffin was recalled to active duty for the Korean War, interrupting his education at Phillips University, Marburg an der Lahn, Germany. In Korea he earned the Combat Infantry Badge as a combat correspondent and later served as acting X Corps (Group) information officer under Lieutenant General White.

On his release from active duty in 1953, Mr. Griffin was appointed Chief of the Publications Division of the U.S. Army Signal Aviation Test &amp; Support Activity at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Mr. Griffin is a member of the Special Operations Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Army Aviation Association, and the Armor Association.

He was the 1991 recipient of the Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, and the August 1999 recipient of the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award, presented at the 100th National Convention in Kansas City.

He has been vested into the Order of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association, and the Order of St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and been awarded Honorary Doctoral degrees by Norwich University, the nation's first and oldest private military college, and by Troy State University (Ala.). He was the graduation dinner speaker for the class of 1988 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

He has been awarded honorary membership in the Special Forces Association, the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, the Marine Raiders Association, and the U.S. Army Otter &amp; Caribou Association. In January 2003, he was made a life member of the Police Chiefs Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and the State of Delaware.

He is the co-founder, with historian Colonel Carlo D'Este, of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs. (www.norwich.edu/symposium and www.colbysymposium.org)

He is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association. And he belongs to the Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Pensacola, Florida, chapters of the Flat Earth Society.

Mr. Griffin's novels, known for their historical accuracy, have been praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for their &quot;fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes.&quot;

&quot;Nothing honors me more than a serviceman, veteran, or cop telling me he enjoys reading my books,&quot; Mr. Griffin says.

Mr. Griffin divides his time between the Gulf Coast and Buenos Aires.

Notes:  Griffin is one of several Pseudonyms for William Edmund Butterworth III


Other Pseudonyms

    * Alex Baldwin
    * Webb Beech
    * Walker E. Blake
    * James McM. Douglas
    * Eden Hughes
    * Edmund O. Scholefield
    * Patrick J. Williams
    * W. E. Butterworth
    * John Kevin Dugan
    * Jack Dugan

His son, William Edmund Butterworth IV, has co-authored some of Griffin's novels. 


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  <title><![CDATA[Semper Fi (The Corps #1)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Call to Arms  (The Corps #2)]]></title>
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  <published>1987</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[By Order of the President (The Presidential Agent #1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[W.E.B. Griffin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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        <book id="1071085">
  <title><![CDATA[The Lieutenants (Brotherhood of War #1)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
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  <published>1982</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Hostage (The Presidential Agent #2)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Counterattack (The Corps #3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[W.E.B. Griffin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>268</ratings_count>
  <published>1990</published>  
  
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        <book id="242776">
  <title><![CDATA[The Captains (Brotherhood of War #2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[W.E.B. Griffin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>273</ratings_count>
  <published>1982</published>  
  
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        <book id="797373">
  <title><![CDATA[Behind the Lines (The Corps #7)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>253</ratings_count>
  <published>1996</published>  
  
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        <book id="874999">
  <title><![CDATA[Line of Fire (The Corps #5)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>250</ratings_count>
  <published>1993</published>  
  
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        <book id="1052647">
  <title><![CDATA[Battleground (The Corps #4)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[W.E.B. Griffin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.08</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>251</ratings_count>
  <published>1991</published>  
  
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