William F. Buckley Jr.

WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. founded National Review in 1955 and authored more than 50 books on history, politics, and sailing, as well as a celebrated series of spy novels featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes. His books include Saving the Queen.

Buckley was a National Book Award winner. He served as chairman of the Yale Daily News while attending Yale University and hosted the television program Firing Line from 1966 to 1999, while also writing a nationally syndicated newspaper column.

When not writing, Buckley remained a prominent conservative commentator and editor throughout his career. Much of his work across fiction and nonfiction reflected his long engagement with politics and American conservatism.

Buckley was born in New York City on November 24, 1925, and died on February 27, 2008, at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

William F. Buckley Jr.’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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