at the age of 92 in Manhattan on May 12, 2015. References Further reading Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000023043 External links NYU's Fales Library Guide to the William Zinsser Papers Interview with William Zinsser (with original audio) - Modeling Success Series - Embrace Possibility Wesleyan Commencement Speech Transcript - Embrace Possibility Blog 1922 births 2015 deaths American literary critics American Protestants Buckley Country Day School alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty Deerfield Academy alumni Journalists from New York City New York Herald Tribune people The New School faculty Yale University faculty Writers of style guides 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American male journalists American male non-fiction writers