Editing William Lederer (section)

{{short description|American novelist}}

{{distinguish|William J. Lederer (Pennsylvania politician)}}
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| name        = William Lederer
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1912|3|31}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2009|12|5|1912|3|31}}
| death_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
| occupation  = American author
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| spouse      = Ethel Hackett (1940–1965) (3 children)<br/>Corinne Lewis (1965–1976)<ref>{{cite web |title=William J. Lederer Papers |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/ead/mums158.pdf |publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass Amherst]] |work=Special Collections & University Archives |date=2013 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>
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| children    = W. Jonathan Lederer<br>Brian J. H. Lederer<br>Bruce Allen Lederer<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |first=Bruce |last=Weber |title=William J. Lederer, Co-Author of 'The Ugly American,' Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/arts/14lederer.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>
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'''William Julius Lederer, Jr.''' (March 31, 1912 – December 5, 2009) was an American author and naval officer.<ref name="WapoObit">{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Schudel |title=Novel 'The Ugly American' blasted policy in Southeast Asia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/09/AR2010010902148.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 10, 2010 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>