Edwin Corley

Edwin Ray Corley (October 22, 1931 – November 7, 1981) was an American novelist most famous for his thrillers Siege, Air Force One, and The Jesus Factor. He used the pseudonyms David Harper, William Judson, and Will Collins and worked with novelist Jack Murphy using the pseudonym Patrick Buchanan.

Early life Edwin Ray Corley was born October 22, 1931, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Corley served in the United States Army Air Corps and the United States Air Force; he was stationed in Korea. While stationed there, he wrote for the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes. He was also a copyeditor for advertising in the late 1960s; at about the same time he was a vice president of the Compton Agency, then became vice president of the Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample Advertising company. The book was a bestseller.

As Patrick Buchanan, Corley and Murphy wrote a series of novels (A Murder of Crows, 1970; A Parliament of Owls, 1971; A Requiem of Sharks, 1973; and A Sounder of Swine, 1974) featuring the character Charity Tucker, a tall, blonde, intelligent television reporter, who teamed with private investigator Ben Shock to investigate various murders. Under the pseudonym Will Collins, he wrote a novelization of the 1976 film Grizzly. Two of his books were adapted into movies: Skyjacked (1972; based on Hijacked)

Death Corley died November 7, 1981 in Gulfport, Mississippi.