Charles E. Mercer

Charles E. Mercer (born in Stouffville, Ontario on July 12, 1917 - died December 28, 1988, in Edison, New Jersey) was a Canadian-American author, editor and journalist.

Mercer was the son of Baptist minister Alfred Mercer. After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1939, Mercer worked as a reporter for The Washington Post and later served under US Army Intelligence during World War II and the Korean War, eventually achieving the rank of First Lieutenant.

Mercer worked as a television columnist for Associated Press from 1946 to 1959. In 1956, he published the novel Rachel Cade, which was translated into fourteen languages and sold over three million copies. Mercer published several other novels during the 1960s and 1970s. The Trespassers (1964) Beyond Bojador (1965) Promise Morning (1966) The Morning (1969) Enough Good Men (1977)