Trevanian

Trevanian was a pseudonym used by one of the prominent American authors named Rodney William Whitaker. He is believed to have written a number of successful novels over the course of his writing career. Trevanian used to write in a variety of genres and had achieved the status of a bestseller author. He was born on June 21, 1931, and died on December 14, 2005. In addition to writing under his original named, author Trevanian also used to publish his book under a few pen names, including Benat Le Cagot, Edoard Moran, and Nicholas Seare. As Rodney Whitaker, he has written a nonfiction book called The Language of Film. Between the years 1972 & 1983, Trevanian’s five books sold over a million printed copies each all over the world. Because of such a huge accomplishment, Trevanian was described at that time as the only author of the airport paperbacks, who could have compared with the likes of Ian Fleming, Chaucer, and Zola. Author Trevanian did not appreciate the publicity at all and avoided it for most parts of his life adamantly. In fact, he had kept his real name as a close secret until the year 1998. It was finally published by a reporter from the Austin American Statesman. Author Trevanian’s birth had taken place in Granville, New York, U.S. As a small boy, he was always enthralled with interesting stories. His family was very poor and struggled a lot with poverty. Rodney lived for a considerable amount of time in Albany during his youth. His experience during this time is described in one of his recently published works. Trevanian studied at the Washington University and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees. While he was studying there, he penned a 3 act play called Eve of Bursting. The author himself directed this play and used it as his thesis for Master’s production in the university’s Playhouse. Later, Trevanian went on to obtain his doctorate in films and communications at the Northwestern University.