Author

Books by William Zinsser

William Zinsser (1922–2015) was an American writer and editor whose career spanned six decades. He was a journalist and critic at the New York Herald Tribune, a longtime teacher at Yale, and an editor at the Book-of-the-Month Club. He wrote more than a dozen books, but On Writing Well — first published in 1976 and revised seven times through 2006 — is by far his most widely read. It is used in journalism and English programs around the world and is one of the few writing books that consistently improves the writing of people who read it. Zinsser also wrote books about American places, music, and his own career.