Leon Uris (1924-2003) was an American novelist. Having run away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, he based several of his novels on his own experiences in the marines. His novels include Battle Cry and O'Hara's Choice, as well as the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others.
"The story has a kind of relentless power, based on the real tragedy of Ireland, and Uris's achievement is that he has neither cheapened nor trivialized that tragedy. -- ""New York Times Book Review"""