What is William McPherson?
{{Infobox writer |name=William McPherson |birth_date={{birth date|1933|3|16}} |birth_place=[[Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan]] |death_date={{death date and age|2017|3|28|1933|3|16}} |death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]] |occupation=Writer, journalist |genre=Journalism, non-fiction, fiction }} '''William McPherson''' (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, ''Testing the Current'' and ''To the Sargasso Sea'', and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism]] in 1977.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/honors/503/000079266/ NNDB.com]</ref> He worked as a journalist for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' during his journalist career. McPherson died at a medical center in [[Washington, D.C.]] on March 28, 2017 from complications of [[congestive heart failure]] and [[pneumonia]], aged 84.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/william-mcpherson-pulitzer-winning-book-critic-who-chronicled-his-decline-into-poverty-dies-at-84/2017/03/28/ba78a35a-13d2-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html?utm_term=.ec92b87a025c William McPherson Pulitzer Winning Book Critic Who Chronicled his Decline into Poverty Dies at 84]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://williammcpherson.tumblr.com/ McPherson's blog] at [[Tumblr]] {{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, William}} [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:American literary critics]] [[Category:Writers from Michigan]] {{US-bio-stub}}