The author himself directed this play and used it as his thesis for Master’s production in the university’s Playhouse. While he was studying there, he penned a 3 act play called Eve of Bursting. Trevanian studied at the Washington University and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees. His experience during this time is described in one of his recently published works. Rodney lived for a considerable amount of time in Albany during his youth.

His family was very poor and struggled a lot with poverty. As a small boy, he was always enthralled with interesting stories. Author Trevanian’s birth had taken place in Granville, New York, U.S. It was finally published by a reporter from the Austin American Statesman. In fact, he had kept his real name as a close secret until the year 1998. Author Trevanian did not appreciate the publicity at all and avoided it for most parts of his life adamantly. Because of such a huge accomplishment, Trevanian was described at that time as the only author of the airport paperbacks, who could have compared with the likes of Ian Fleming, Chaucer, and Zola. Between the years 1972 & 1983, Trevanian’s five books sold over a million printed copies each all over the world. As Rodney Whitaker, he has written a nonfiction book called The Language of Film. In addition to writing under his original named, author Trevanian also used to publish his book under a few pen names, including Benat Le Cagot, Edoard Moran, and Nicholas Seare. He was born on June 21, 1931, and died on December 14, 2005.

Trevanian used to write in a variety of genres and had achieved the status of a bestseller author. He is believed to have written a number of successful novels over the course of his writing career. Trevanian was a pseudonym used by one of the prominent American authors named Rodney William Whitaker.

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