William Greenleaf

2 Series

William Greenleaf is an American author known for his sci-fi novels and non-fiction books, as well as ghostwriting in various genres. Prior to his writing career, he worked as a corporate and financial planner. He also serves as a freelance editor and creative writing instructor.

Author: William Greenleaf Rewritten synopsis: In "Global Pursuit," Jack Donovan, a seasoned CIA operative, must navigate a web of international espionage to stop a terrorist plot threatening global security. Tasked with infiltrating a notorious crime syndicate, Jack discovers a mole within his own ranks, complicating his mission. As he races against time, Jack forms an uneasy alliance with a former adversary, leading to a high-stakes confrontation that will determine the fate of millions. With its intricate plot and relentless pacing, "Global Pursuit" delivers a thrilling journey through the shadowy world of international intrigue.

Standalone Novels

Time Jumper

(1980)

The Tartarus Incident

(1983)

The Pandora Stone

(1984)

Starjacked

(1987)

Clarion

(1988)

Bloodright

(2011)

A Plague of Gods

(2016)

Great Lakes

Independent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens

(1958)(By: Harry Barnard,David L. Lewis)

The Detroit Riot of 1967

(1969)(By: Hubert G. Locke)

Detroit: City of Race and Class Violence

(1972)(By: B.J. Widick,Horace L. Sheffield Jr.)

Waiting for the Morning Train

(1972)(By: Bruce Catton,William B. Catton)

Call It North Country

(1986)(By: John Bartlow Martin)

Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow

(1987)(By: Robert Traver)

Michigan Voices: Our State’s History in the Words of the People Who Lived It

(1987)(By: Joe Grimm)

Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit

(1990)(By: Leslie Woodcock Tentler,Edmund Cardinal Szoka)

Cobb Would Have Caught It: The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit

(1991)(By: Richard Bak)

John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic

(1991)(By: John D. Haeger)

Queen of the Lakes

(1994)(By: Mark L. Thompson)

Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933

(1994)(By: Richard Bak)

The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes

(1994)(By: Charles K. Hyde,Ann Mahan,John Mahan)

Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit

(1997)(By: June Manning Thomas)

The Long Winter Ends

(1998)(By: Newton G. Thomas,William Mulligan)

All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement

(1998)(By: Carlotta R. Anderson)

Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson

(1998)(By: Sunnie Wilson,John Cohassey)

Father Abraham's Children: Michigan Episodes in the Civil War

(1998)(By: Frank B. Woodford,Arthur M. Woodford)

Huron: The Seasons of a Great Lake

(1999)(By: Napier Shelton)

A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters

(1999)(By: Mark L. Thompson)

"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948-1968

(2000)(By: Sidney Fine)

Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream

(2000)(By: Saladin Ahmed,Naomi Shihab Nye,Hayan Charara,Nabeel Abraham,Sally Howell,Lawrence Joseph,Kevin Rashid,Marilynn Rashid,Andrew Shryock,Alixa Naff,Amira Saad,Anne Rasmussen,Don Unis,Gary C. David,Jeffrey Ghannam,Lara Hamza,Karen Rignall,Kim Schopmeyer,Linda S. Walbridge,Richard R. Jones,Shams Alwujude,Sharkey Haddad,William G. Lockwood,Yvonne R. Lockwood,T.M. Aziz)

Graveyard of the Lakes

(2000)(By: Mark L. Thompson)

Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast

(2000)(By: William Ashworth)

History of the Finns in Michigan

(2001)(By: Armas K.E. Holmio,Ellen M. Ryynanen)

Uppermost Canada: The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850

(2002)(By: R. Alan Douglas)

Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors

(2002)(By: Joe Grimm,Ivan Walton)

Michigan's Early Military Forces: A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War

(2003)(By: Leroy Barnett)

Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation

(2003)(By: Charles K. Hyde)

The French Canadians of Michigan: Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914

(2003)(By: Jean Lamarre)

Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Michigan

(2003)(By: Elizabeth B. Sherman)

A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution under Michigan Law

(2003)(By: David Gardner Chardavoyne)

Roy D. Chapin: The Man Behind the Hudson Motor Car Company

(2003)(By: Charles K. Hyde,J.C. Long)

Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood

(2004)(By: Anne-Marie Oomen)

To Keep the South Manitou Light

(2004)(By: Anna Egan Smucker)

"I Hope to Do My Country Service" : The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry

(2005)(By: Robert Beasecker,William M. Anderson)

The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy

(2005)(By: Charles K. Hyde)

Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton

(2005)(By: Joe Grimm,Ivan H. Walton)

Under Michigan: The Story of Michigan's Rocks and Fossils

(2005)(By: Charles Ferguson Barker)

My Forty Years With Ford

(2006)(By: John Kenneth Galbraith)

House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education

(2006)(By: Anne-Marie Oomen)

A Pocketful of Passage

(2007)(By: Loraine Campbell)

Detroit on Stage: The Players Club, 1910-2005

(2007)(By: Marijean Levering)

A Badger Boy in Blue: The Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke

(2007)(By: William H. Mulligan Jr.)

Life with Mae: A Detroit Family Memoir

(2007)(By: Neal Shine)

When You Come Home: A Wartime Courtship in Letters 1941-45

(2007)(By: Neal Shine,Robert E. Quirk)

Who's Jim Hines?

(2008)(By: Jean Alicia Elster)

Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors

(2009)(By: Charles K. Hyde)

Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation

(2009)(By: Anthony J. Yanik)

The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights

(2010)(By: Steve Babson,Dave Riddle,David Elsila)

Monopoly on Wheels: Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent

(2011)(With: David L. Lewis)

Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006

(2011)(By: Terry S. Reynolds,Virginia P. Dawson)

The Fall and Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812: In Defense of William Hull

(2011)(By: Anthony J. Yanik)

Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade

(2011)(By: Hayan Charara,Nabeel Abraham,Sally Howell,Lawrence Joseph,Yasmeen Hanoosh,Andrew Shryock,Kim Schopmeyer,Kristine J. Ajrouch,Khadigah Alasry,Amaney Jamal,Mujan Seif,Matthew W. Stiffler,Eren Tatari,Rachel Yezbick,William Youmans)

Lake Superior Profiles : People on the Big Lake

(2012)(By: John Gagnon)

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics

(2012)(By: David G. Chardavoyne)

Among the Enemy: A Michigan Soldier's Civil War Journal

(2013)(By: Mark Hoffman,William Horton Kimball)

The Political Activities of Detroit Clubwomen in the 1920s: A Challenge and a Promise

(2013)(By: Jayne Morris-Crowther)

The Colored Car

(2013)(By: Jean Alicia Elster)

Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II

(2013)(By: Charles K. Hyde)

"Old Slow Town": Detroit during the Civil War

(2013)(By: PaulTaylor)

Mapping Detroit: Land, Community, and Shaping a City

(2015)(By: Robert Fishman,June Manning Thomas,Henco Bekkering,Brian Leigh Dunnigan,Yanjia Liu,Joe Grengs,Maria Arquero De Alarcon,Larissa Larsen,Margaret Dewar,Robert Linn,Lars Graebner,Toni L. Griffin,Monica Ponce de Leon)

Great Girls in Michigan History

(2015)(By: Patricia Majher)

Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit

(2015)(By: Julia Marie Robinson)

Young Henry Ford: A Picture History of the First Forty Years

(2015)(By: Sidney Olsen)

Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933

(2015)(By: Michael W. Nagle)

A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland

(2016)(By: David W. Blight,Karolyn Smardz Frost,Veta Smith Tucker,Bryan Prince,Irene Moore Davis,Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Roy Finkenbine,Margaret Washington,Debian Marty,Carol E. Mull,Louis A. DeCaro Jr.,Larry McClellan,Barbara Hughes Smith,Kimberly Simmons)