William McPherson

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. 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.