Leon Uris

Emerging from a Baltimore upbringing and Marine Corps service in the Pacific, he turned wartime experience into a writing career after a stint at a newspaper and an early article sale to Esquire. His debut novel Battle Cry (1954) portrayed Marine bravery and was adapted for a popular Warner Brothers film, while he also supplied the screenplay for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. A worldwide sensation… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources