URIS, LEON Leon Uris, 78, well known for his history-based novels, passed away in his home on Shelter Island, New York, on Saturday, June 21. Mr. Uris is survived by his sister Esther (Essie) Kofsky ...

Leon Uris, the novelist and screenwriter whose best-known works are "Exodus," a popular novel about Jews trying to establish modern Israel, and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," perhaps the archetypal ...

Leon Uris, a high school dropout who found huge commercial success as the author of panoramic novels that made history his main character, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his home on New ...

Leon Uris wasn’t a critic’s darling. But for millions of readers, he was an entree into modern Jewish history. Uris’ books “appeal to people who want a good read,” said Bonnie Lyons, a professor of ...

Leon Uris (1924-2003) was a master of historical fiction, writing the kinds of epic, fact-filled novels that readers couldn't put down - even if critics weren't always impressed (and even if the facts ...

Leon Uris, who died on Saturday aged 78, gained a huge readership on both sides of the Atlantic with his long novels, notably those about the founding of Israel and the Jews' continuing struggle for ...

In 1958, Leon Uris’s Exodus, a story of the founding of the State of Israel, was a worldwide best seller. In the United States, at the time, it became second only to Gone With the Wind, in terms of ...

Leon Uris, a longtime Aspen resident whose panoramic novels depicted determined individuals caught in the grips of history, died at his New York home Saturday of natural causes. He was 78. The New ...