Edward Whittemore

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Yale University |parents=John Cambridge Whittemore
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss }} Edward Payson Whittemore (May 26, 1933 – August 3, 1995) was an American novelist, the author of five novels written between 1974 and 1987, including the highly praised series ''Jerusalem Quartet.'' He had started his career as a case officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations (Asia, Middle East and Europe) between 1958 and 1967. Provided by Wikipedia