author
William Giloane
Best known as a co-author of detailed country handbooks, this writer helped create clear, research-driven guides to Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania. His published work has a practical, reference-friendly style that suits readers who like history, politics, and culture woven together.
3 Audiobooks
Area Handbook for Romania
by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. (Donald Wayne) Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, Neda A. Walpole
Area Handbook for Albania
by Eugene K. Keefe, Sarah Jane Elpern, William Giloane, James M. Moore, Stephen Peters, Eston T. White
Area Handbook for Bulgaria
by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, Neda A. Walpole
About the author
William Giloane is known today through a small but notable body of reference works, especially the Area Handbook volumes on Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania. Public biographical information about him is very limited, but multiple library and public-domain book records confirm his role as a co-author on these substantial country studies.
Those books were collaborative projects that brought together specialists to explain each country's society, government, economy, and historical background in a clear, organized way. Giloane's name appears alongside recurring contributors in the series, which suggests he was part of a research-oriented effort focused on making complex regional information accessible to general readers, students, and policy-minded audiences.
Because so little verified personal information is readily available, the surviving books tell the clearest story: a writer associated with careful, informative nonfiction about Eastern Europe and the Balkans. For listeners drawn to factual, big-picture writing, his work offers an older but still interesting snapshot of how these countries were studied and described.