Marshall Terrill
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Marshall Terrill (born December 17, 1963 in Texarkana, Texas) is an American author and journalist. He is noted for biographies on Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, and Pete Maravich.
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[edit] Early Years: 1963-1982
Terrill is one of four children of Mike and Carolyn Terrill. An Air Force brat, he lived in Big Spring and Waco, Texas; Sacramento, California; and Montgomery, Alabama. He mainly grew up in Northern Virginia and San Antonio, Texas. Terrill attended Hayfield Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, Madison High School in San Antonio, and graduated from Robinson High School in Fairfax, Virginia.
[edit] Phoenix, Arizona: 1982-1989
After high school Terrill moved to Phoenix, Arizona. While studying business he worked for financier Charles Keating beginning in 1984. Five years later Keating’s company, Lincoln Savings & Loan, was the target of a federal investigation. Keating was sent sentenced to jail and Terrill was suddenly unemployed. At age 26, he moved back into his parents’ home in Northern Virginia and began his second career, as a biographer. His first subject: actor Steve McQueen.
[edit] Steve McQueen Project: 1989 to 1993
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
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
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.
[edit] Bibliography
- Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, (1993) Donald I. Fine
- Edd Byrnes: 'Kookie' No More, (1996) Barricade Books
- Flight of the Hawk: The Aaron Pryor Story, (1996) Book World
- Ken Norton: Going the Distance (2000) (with Mike Fitzgerald) Sports Publishing Inc.
- Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time (2002) (with Mike Fitzgerald) Sports Publishing Inc.
- The King, McQueen and the Love Machine, (2002) Xlibris
- Sergeant Presley (2002) (with Rex and Elisabeth Mansfield and Zoe Terrill) ECW Press
- David Thompson: Skywalker, (2003) (with Sean Stormes) Sports Publishing Inc.
- Maravich (2006) (with Wayne Federman) Sport Classic Books
- Steve McQueen: The Last Mile, (2006) Dalton Watson Fine Books
- Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business (2007) Triumph/Random House
- Steve McQueen: A Tribute to the King of Cool (2007) Dalton Watson Fine Books
