William F. Goodykoontz
Personal Information
Description
William F. Goodykoontz was born in 1914 in Mercer, West Virginia. He was a reporter for the Washington Daily News, contributing a regular police and courts beat column called “It Happened in Washington.” He later switched from crime to political reporting, covering the White House and the House of Representatives for various news sources, including the Washington Post.
Books
Law
Presents different ideas concerning law and the citizen in a format intended to let the student decide what that relationship means. For grades 9-12, reading level grades 4-6.
Loyalties
The Senator's Nude
Headlines throughout the nation rock Washington society when they tell the world: NUDE GIRL FOUND MURDERED IN SENATOR SMUDGE’S BED! You’ll rock too – with laughter – as the Senator protests frantically that he has never seen the girl before ... Bill Goode’s uproarious mystery novel gives you suspense until the last page, detection at high speed, laughs in every lethal line, and introduces you to a new and scintillating team of detectives – Stoney Hawk, a night editor with a remarkable nose for news, and Larry C. King, who by emulating Casanova, helps solve the year’s most hilarious homicide.
Maturity
Fiction and non-fiction help students define individual and social roles, encouraging discussion.