Gordon Williams

Gordon McLean Williams was born in Paisley, Scotland on June 20, 1934. He dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and spent 18 months working as a junior reporter with the Johnstone Advertiser and Paisley Pictorial before entering national service with the RAF in 1952. After the RAF, he worked for several newspapers and magazines including the Johnstone Advertiser, the Poole and Dorset Herald, the South London Advertiser, Boys' Own Paper, John Bull magazine, From Men Only, Weekend Magazine, and Scene. He wrote biographies of Acker Bilk and Bobby Moore. He wrote several novels including The Camp, From Scenes Like These, Walk Don't Walk, The Upper Pleasure Garden, The Bornless Keeper, Big Morning Blues, and Pomeroy. The Siege of Trencher's Farm was adapted into the movie Straw Dogs. He also wrote They Used to Play on Grass with Terry Venables. He died on August 20, 2017 at the age of 83.