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- Del Staecker (born November 23, 1950) is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories and non-fiction in a number of genres, including suspense, crime, philosophical fiction, satire and memoir. Staecker, a life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Knight of Honor in the Order of the Knights Hospitaller, is best known for his World War II bio-memoirs (non-fiction), his suspense trilogy set in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lived for many years, and his crime stories set in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he was born and raised. Both his fiction and non-fiction writings have garnered numerous awards. In 2012 he was named "Writer on Deck" by the United States Navy, and finalist for Author of the Year by the Military Writers Society of America. Nicolas Gage, co-executive producer of The Godfather Part III, said of Staecker’s first book, [it is] "...as rich, complex and satisfying as the best works of Raymond Chandler and Elmore Leonard". John Seigenthaler, founding editorial director of USA Today called Staecker "a master storyteller". (en)
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- Del Staecker (born November 23, 1950) is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories and non-fiction in a number of genres, including suspense, crime, philosophical fiction, satire and memoir. Staecker, a life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Knight of Honor in the Order of the Knights Hospitaller, is best known for his World War II bio-memoirs (non-fiction), his suspense trilogy set in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lived for many years, and his crime stories set in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he was born and raised. (en)
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