Trevanian

A note to fans of the author known as Trevanian Rodney William Whitaker, who died in 2005: It's safe to relax.

Fighting Crime, Vexed by the Past Tom Nolan 2011

"Trevanian," the Commander said, "if you wish any of us to live through this day, say nothing of this to anyone-especially not to the Doyen.

The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979

Although Trevanian's novel devotes considerable space to Hel's pre-World War II childhood in Shanghai, where his mother, a White Russian, fled following the fall of the czar, it offers almost no details about his early adulthood.

A Classic Thriller Gets a Prequel Steve Oney 2011

Shibumi is one of my favorite books - it was written by Trevanian, a brilliant author of among other things, spy stories.

Learning 2010

For Mr. Winslow, 57, the road to "Satori" began in 2008 with an email from his then-agent, Richard Pine, asking: "How would you like to be the next Trevanian?"

A Classic Thriller Gets a Prequel Steve Oney 2011

Following the 1979 publication of "Shibumi," publishers and readers alike hoped that its author, Trevanian the pen name of Rodney Whitaker, would write a sequel.

A Classic Thriller Gets a Prequel Steve Oney 2011

Shibumi is one of my favorite books - it was written by Trevanian, a brilliant author of among other things, spy stories.

shibumi 2009

Shibumi is one of my favorite books - it was written by Trevanian, a brilliant author of among other things, spy stories.

10 posts from December 2009 2009

Shibumi is one of my favorite books - it was written by Trevanian, a brilliant author of among other things, spy stories.

shibumi 2009

Don Winslow is nothing if not versatile—his books have ranged from the violent border epic "The Power of the Dog" to an homage to cult 1970s writer Trevanian "Satori" to "Savages," a brutal hipster romp which Oliver Stone is currently filming.

The Short List 2011