James William Drought

James William Drought was an American author, magazine editor, speech writer and press officer for the Office of Public Relations.

Biography

Drought was born in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up near Chicago. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1960, he moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, with his family, where he was a magazine editor in New York City, New York.
One of his books was adapted into the movie The Gypsy Moths starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Gene Hackman. A complete collection of his works is preserved at the Mugar Memorial Library in the Special Collections Department at Boston University.
He died on June 2, 1983, in Norwalk Hospital.

Publications

Boxed in by the Rich, A Parody The Wedding, A Play for Voices The Gypsy Moths, A Fable Memories of A Humble Man, An Irony Mover, A Modern Tragedy ii A Duo, A Story By Two Men The Secret, An Oratorio of Protest The Enemy, A Personal Reminiscence Drugoth, Biography of a Private Person ALIVEMOVIEBOOK, An Adaptation The Master, A Chronicle Sonny Davis Televised, A Comedy Blessed Bob Bunyan, An Inquiry The Book of Names, A Novel-Verite Superstar for President, A Satire Writer in Exile, A Mystery So Long Chicago, A Novel of Improvisational Comedy Queen of Spades,