William F. Buckley, Jr., one of the most recognized and articulate voices for American conservatives, came to national attention with his first book God and Man at Yale--a challenge to his alma mater and college education in general. The furor provoked by this early book has typified the controversy surrounding his subsequent writings and his career.
As founder, editor-in-chief and now editor-at-large of The National Review, Buckley has advanced his conservative ideas for the past 40 years, creating one of the most influential political journals in the country. Each week, several million devotees follow his syndicated newspaper column or tune in to catch him as the witty host of the Emmy award-winning show "Firing Line."
In addition to numerous volumes of political and social criticism and anecdotal accounts of sailing adventures, Buckley is highly regarded as a fiction writer with a series of bestselling espionage novels. Based in part on his own experiences in the CIA, Buckley's Stained Glass won an American Book Award in 1980.
