William Zinsser

William Knowlton Zinsser (1922-2015) is an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer. He had written 18 books, and was a longtime contributor to leading magazines. Zinsser was a graduate from Princeton University. Zinsser passed away in 2015.