Johnson, William Oscar
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1931-2012) US author for Sports Illustrated and author, mostly nonfiction focused on professional sports; his sf works include The Zero Factor (1980), about a Near Future attempt to assassinate the American president, and Hammered Gold (1982), a thriller set at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles (see California), where the KGB causes trouble. [JC]
William Oscar Johnson
born Minnesota: 1931
died New York: 21 June 2012
works
- The Zero Factor (New York: Pocket Books, 1980) [pb/]
- Hammered Gold (New York: Pocket Books, 1982) [pb/]
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