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W. Stanley
Best known for the daring wartime memoir Ill Met by Moonlight, this British writer turned real-life espionage and adventure into vivid, fast-moving books. His life ranged from Special Operations missions in World War II to journalism, broadcasting, and far-flung travel.
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Instruction for Using a Slide Rule
by W. Stanley
About the author
Born Ivan William Stanley Moss in 1921, he was widely known as W. Stanley Moss or Billy Moss. During World War II he served with the Coldstream Guards and the Special Operations Executive, and he became especially famous for his role in the abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe in occupied Crete.
After the war, he built a successful writing career. His books drew on both his wartime experience and his travels, and Ill Met by Moonlight became his best-known work. He also worked as a broadcaster and journalist, bringing the same direct, adventurous spirit to his nonfiction and fiction.
Moss traveled extensively, including taking part in a British Antarctic expedition, and later lived in Jamaica. He died in 1965, leaving behind a body of work shaped by danger, movement, and a taste for extraordinary true stories.