Bruce B. Henderson

Bruce Henderson (born December 18, 1946), also known as Bruce B. Henderson, is the author of more than 20 nonfiction books, and teaches writing courses at Stanford University. He is a member of The Authors Guild.

Henderson was born in Oakland, California.

After service in the U.S. Navy as an aerologist aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. "Ranger" (CVA-61) during the Vietnam War, and following California community and state college, he worked as a newspaper reporter. A magazine career included time as an editor at "New West" and "California Magazine", and bylines in publications such as "Esquire", "Playboy" and "Reader's Digest". One of his first books, "And the Sea Will Tell", written with Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, was a #1 New York "Times" hardcover bestseller and highly-rated CBS miniseries in 1991. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101345/] "The book succeeds on all counts," reported the "Los Angeles Times". "The final pages are some of the most suspenseful in trial literature." [http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Will-Tell-Vincent-Bugliosi/dp/0804109176] Henderson co-authored the autobiography of brother vintners Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo, as well as "Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown", the memoirs of one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Gordon Cooper. Henderson's 2005 book, "True North: Peary, Cook, and The Race to the Pole", examined the ongoing controversy as to which explorer reached the North Pole first: Robert Peary in 1909 or Frederick Cook in 1908. "Publishers Weekly" commented: "This adventure yarn delivers as both a cautionary tale and a fitting memorial to polar exploration." [http://www.amazon.com/True-North-Peary-Cook-Race/dp/0393327388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222270370&sr=1-1] In 2006, Henderson co-authored "," the autobiography of theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett which has been purchased by director Spike Lee for a feature film. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987632.html?categoryid=13&cs=1]

Partial Bibliography

*"Ghetto Cops" (Canyon Books, 1974, ISBN 0-89014-122-3)
*"The Black Cats" (Major Books, 1980, ISBN 0-89041-271-5)
*"Empire of Deceit: Inside the Biggest Sports and Bank Scandal in U.S. History" (Doubleday, 1985, ISBN 0-385-18933-8)
*"And the Sea Will Tell" (W.W. Norton, 1991, ISBN 0-393-02919-0)
*"Ernest & Julio: Our Story" (Times Books, 1994, ISBN 0-8129-2454-1)
*"Taking Back Our Streets: Fighting Crime in America" (Scribner, 1996, ISBN 0-684-80277-5)
*"State of the Union: A Report on President Clinton's First Four Years in Office" (General Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 1-57544-008-3)
*"Trace Evidence: The Hunt for an Elusive Serial Killer" (Scribner, 1998, ISBN 0-684-80708-4)
*"Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown" (HarperCollins, 2000, ISBN 0-06-019416-2)
*"Fatal North: Adventure and Survival Aboard USS Polaris, the First U.S. Expedition to the North Pole" (New American Library, 2001, ISBN 0-415-40935-3)
*"Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War" (Atria Books, 2002, ISBN 0-7434-2852-8)
*"True North: Peary, Cook, and The Race to the Pole" (W.W. Norton, 2005, ISBN 0-393-05791-7)
*"Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality" (Avalon Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 978-1-56025-869-8)
*"Down to the Sea: An Epic Story of Naval Diaster and Heroism in World War II" (Smithsonian Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-117316-5)

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