thrillers and crime novels. His son William E. Butterworth IV (previously editor of Boys' Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America) co-authored some of his books. Butterworth fils was a long-time editor who moved from assisting in editing his father's work to collaborator. As of July 2015, he has been co-author of sixteen Griffin books in five different novel series. He was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Mystery Writers Key West Fest. Griffin's knowledge of military jargon and administrative writing style shows when fictional orders and dispatches are incorporated in his novels. Many of his characters must battle red tape and bureaucratic mix-ups, sometimes making humorous end-runs around the system. Griffin was the co-founder of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs at Norwich University in Vermont, along with his friend, historian and Patton biographer Colonel Carlo D'Este. Griffin was a member of the Colby Circle, having participated in the William E. Colby Writers Symposium at Norwich University. Family life In 1950, Griffin married Emma Macalik, a ballet dancer and the author of As the Waltz Was Ending, a memoir of her life growing up as a dancer in Vienna during World War II. They had a daughter (Patricia) and two sons (John S. II and William E. IV). The marriage ended in divorce in the 1990s. Emma died from lung cancer in 2003. Griffin later married Maria del Pilar Menendez, whom he had met in Argentina. She died in 2018. Griffin died in February 2019 from colorectal cancer at the age of 89. List of written works The following is the list of books written by W.E.B. Griffin: Written as W.E.B. Griffin The Brotherhood of War Series (U.S. Army) The Lieutenants (1982), The Captains (1982), The Majors (1983), The Colonels (1983), The Berets (1985), The Generals (1986), The New Breed (1987), The Aviators (1988), Special Ops (2001), The Corps Series (United States Marine Corps) Semper Fi (1986), Call to Arms (1987), Counterattack (1990), Battleground (1991), Line of Fire (1992), Close Combat (1993), Behind the Lines (1995), In Danger's Path (1998), Under Fire (2002), Retreat, Hell! (2004), Men at War Series (Office of Strategic Services/OSS in ETO) The Last Heroes (Originally published as In The Line of Duty under the pseudonym of Alex Baldwin) (1984) The Secret Warriors (Originally published as Covert Operations under the pseudonym of Alex Baldwin) (1985) The Soldier Spies