Steve McQueen The Last Mile

Steve McQueen Project: 1989 to 1993 Terrill's First Best Seller Terrill's First Best Seller With the National Library of Congress at his disposal, Terrill spent the next three-and-a-half years researching the life of McQueen. In December 1993, the 564-page Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel," was released. The book, noted for its exhaustive research, was featured in numerous publications including USA Today, New York Post, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, Variety, Cosmopolitan, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Arizona Republic. Portrait of an American Rebel became a best-seller and launched Terrill’s literary career. [edit] More Biographies 1994-2002 Terrill moved back to Phoenix in 1994 and followed his biography on McQueen with collaborations on actor Edd Kookie” Byrnes and Barbara Leigh, boxers Aaron Pryor, Ken Norton, and Earnie Shavers (co-authored with Mike Fitzgerald), and basketball legend David Thompson (co-authored by Sean Stormes). In 1999, Terrill was hired by the East Valley Tribune as a daily reporter. He and his wife Zoe also co-authored Sergeant Presley in 2002 with Rex and Elisabeth Mansfield. That same year he took a job with the Chandler Connection, a weekly publication in Chandler, Arizona. He remains their senior reporter. [edit] 2002 to present MARAVICH MARAVICH 2005 saw the 25th anniversary of Steve McQueen's death and with it came another re-examination of his life and work. London-based Plexus publishing updated Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel,” with a new beginning and end chapter. That same year, Terrill met McQueen's last wife and widow, Barbara, and the two began working on a photo book. In November 2006, Terrill released Maravich, co-authored by Wayne Federman, an exhaustively researched biography on the basketball great, who died on January 5, 1988 from a heart defect. The book took seven years to research and write and was done with the cooperation of Jackie Maravich, the athlete’s widow. Terrill also released Steve McQueen: The Last Mile,” which is a 250-page photo book containing more Steve McQueen: The Last Mile Steve McQueen: The Last Mile than 150 photos of the actor taken by Barbara McQueen. A May 2007 release date is slated for Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business." Terrill co-authored with Sonny West, who was Presley's friend and bodyguard for 16 years. West and Terrill spent four years perfecting the manuscript. Terrill has several more projects in the works including, Steve McQueen: A Tribute to the King of Cool,” as well co-writing the memoirs of Palm Spring's Mel Haber. The legendary restaurateur and innkeeper owns the famous Ingleside Inn and Melyvn's restaurant, located at the foot of the San Jacinto Mountains.McQueen, Barbara is the author of 'Steve McQueen The Last Mile' with ISBN 9781854432261 and ISBN 1854432265.