William Griffin

William Griffin was editor for two decades at Macmillan Publishing and Harcourt-Brace-Jovanovich in New York City, as well as a journalist for a dozen years, covering, among other things, British publishing and religious publishing for the trade journal Publishers Weekly.

His 1988 biography of C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis: The Authentic Voice was reprinted in 2005. He is also author of major biographical studies of Billy Graham, G.K. Chesterton and Augustine of Hippo. As a Latin translator, Griffin translated into English The Imitation of Christ, Consolations for my Soul (Soliloquy of a Soul), and Meeting the Master in the Garden (Garden of Roses and Valley of Lilies), all by Thomas à Kempis. He also has translated works by Augustine of Hippo: Sermons to the People, My Son Adeodatus (De Magistro), and High Anxiety: A Brief Life in My Own Words. Griffin is the originator of VERBUM DIURNUM, a Latin Word-for-the-Day on the Internet.

Articles by this Author

The Whos and Whats of Mere Christianity

Some C.S. Lewis Books Worth Looking Into

C.S. Lewis: Spirituality for Mere Christians

C.S. Lewis: Spirituality for Mere Christians