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Irish writer (1928–2016)

Also known as: William Cox Trevor, William Trevor Cox, Уильям Тревор, ويليام تريفور, 윌리엄 트레버, ウィリアム・トレヴァー

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Known works

  • The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition
  • My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead
  • The Moral of the Story
  • Haunted Stories
  • Death in Summer (1999)