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American novelist

William Murray (April 8, 1926 – March 9, 2005) was an American novelist, fiction editor, and staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years.

He was the son of Natalia Danesi Murray, editor at publishing houses Mondadori and Rizzoli, and William Murray, head of the William Morris Agency in New York. He attended Harvard University, but left after a year. He served in the military. At one time he wanted to be an opera singer. His 1967 novel The Sweet Ride was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1968. Before he joined The New Yorker, he wrote for Esquire magazine; in 1970 he published a book, Previews of Coming Attractions, collecting stories he had written for the magazine. Among his many contributions to The New Yorker was the magazine's "Letters from Italy" of which he was the sole author. Murray's novel Malibu, published in 1980, was made into a two part made for television drama film of the same name in 1983. From 1984 to 1996, he wrote a series of mystery novels set in the world of horse racing, many featuring Shifty Lou Anderson, a professional magician and horseplayer. Murray wrote a book about growing up with his mother and the latter's partner, Janet Flanner — Janet, My Mother, and Me (Simon & Schuster, 2000). The book was awarded Non fiction Honors at the 2001 Stonewall Book Awards.

In 1966, Murray moved to Southern California. The majority of his later years were spent living in Del Mar, California, "exactly 3.2 miles from the finish line" of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.