William Warner Sleator III
William Sleator is the author of over 30 young adult books, including "Interstellar Pig", "The Green Futures of Tycho", "House of Stairs", "Strange Attractors", "The Spirit House". Here is a list of all his books, along with photos of selected covers.
William (or Billy, as he was known by his family) passed away on August 3rd, 2011 at the age of 66. An obituary for him was published in the New York Times. We have set up a page where people can share their thoughts about him.
William began writing books at a very young age. As a teenager he wrote and illustrated "The Curse" to entertain his younger brothers Danny and Tycho.
He was also an accomplished musician and composer. Here is a sonata for violin and piano that he wrote in 1965.
Royce Williams has created an excellent web site dedicated to The Green Futures of Tycho. The site also contains an information and web link page about William Sleator and his family.
William was interviewed by Ben Stanton on Radio Disney in Phoenix Arizona in April 2005. This was during a book tour in which Sleator was promoting a book called The Last Universe. The interview has two parts, which were broadcast on April 17 and April 24 2005. You can listen to them here:
Around the kitchen table in St. Louis, Christmas, 1964; Billy, Tycho, Danny, and Vicky.