William Bradford Huie (1910–1986), a journalist, investigative reporter, editor, television host, and novelist, wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles as well as over twenty books, including The Americanization of Emily, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Mud on the Stars (all made into films), and Wolf Whistle, the story of the Emmett Till lynching. He is author of Three Lives for Mississippi and He Slew the Dreamer: My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King, both published by University Press of Mississippi.