William L. Sullivan

Quick Facts

Full Name	William L. Sullivan
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1953(1953-04-09)
Age	71
Birthplace	Salem
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aries

William L. Sullivan Biography

William L. Sullivan is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on April 9, 1953 in Salem, United States. Sullivan is a fifth generation Oregonian. His birth date was April 9, 1953, in Salem, Oregon. The father of his son, J. Wesley Sullivan was Editor of the Statesman Journal newspapers. The Sullivans’ father was also a long-time proponent of conservation of the wilderness which fueled his son’s love of the great outdoors. Sullivan was raised in Salem and went to South Salem High School.

Explore the Oregon Wild Areas was published in 1994. But, Sullivan had problems with the publishing houses. So he started his own publishing firm, Navillus Press. Sullivan released Hiking Oregon’s Histories in 1999. The book is a combination of Oregon historical facts with trails to showcase Oregon’s most fascinating and picturesque spots. The next book he wrote called the book A Deeper Wild, was a fictional account of his life as Joaquin Miller. At the time A Deeper Wild was being published, Sullivan was selling about 16,000 copies a year.

The following year, Sullivan began publishing his hiking guides. The first was titled Oregon Trips and Trails. The book highlighted 100 Oregon outdoor destinations and included 800 maps and photographs. That same year, he published his first “100 hikes” guide book, based Oregon’s regions. 100 Hikes in Southern Oregon was followed by 100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades in 2005, 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2006, 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon in 2008, and 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Oregon Coast and Coast Range in 2009. In 2010, he produced a hiking guide for two of Oregon’s national parks. The book was titled Trails of Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument. In 2011, Oregon Favorites: Trails and Tales was published. All of his hiking guides include information on local history, geology, flora, and fauna as well as detailed trail maps, area photographs, and directions. Sullivan continues to update his hiking guides every few years. To help ensure his guides stay current, he offers a free copy for anyone who finds an error in one of his guide books.

William Lawrence “Bill” Sullivan is an author of outdoor guide books, histories, and fiction. He has written over twenty books, almost all of them related in some way to his home state of Oregon. Before he began his writing career, he attended several colleges, earning degrees from Cornell University and the University of Oregon. His “100 hikes” guide book series is especially popular with people who enjoy backpacking in Oregon’s wilderness areas. In 2005, the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission selected one of his books, Listening for Coyote, as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history.

The first book Sullivan wrote about”Listening for Coyote The book was originally released in 1988. The book tells the story of Sullivan’s 1,300 mile (2,100 kilometers) trekking adventure in Oregon’s backcountry wilderness. This book won an Oregon Book Award creative non-fiction finalist in 1989. In 2005 it was announced that the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission chose it as among 100 of the most important books of Oregon’s history.

William L. Sullivan Net Worth

William L. Sullivan is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William L. Sullivan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At 17 years old, Sullivan was the youngest of his friends. aged, Sullivan won a scholarship to attend Deep Springs College in a remote desert area in Inyo County, California. He continued his studies at Cornell University, where he received an undergraduate diploma in English. Sullivan went on to Heidelberg University, where he was a linguist during two terms. After returning to Heidelberg, Sullivan enrolled in the University of Oregon, received an MA diploma in German literature in 1979.

Sullivan began hiking at the age of five old. Since then, he’s not been able to stop exploring the Oregon wilderness or backcountry trails. The year 1985 was the time that Sullivan made the decision to go backpacking across Oregon. He began his journey from Cape Blanco, the state’s westernmost point. The trip lasted for two months and covered more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) before he reached Hells Canyon on the state’s eastern frontier. The diary he kept traveling was the basis for the book he wrote”Listening for Coyote.

Sullivan is an advocate for libraries. He served as president of the Lane (County) Library League and helped the Eugene Public Library Foundation raise $18 million for a new library which opened in 2002. He was also a member of the Oregon State Library Board from 2000 to 2008. As a member of that state board, he helped oversee the Oregon State Library system. He has also been a member of the Round Table Club of Eugene since 2005, serving as president of the organization in 2010.

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As of 2016, Sullivan has written over twenty books along with numerous articles about Oregon. His articles include a feature column called “Oregon Trails” that is published in two newspapers, Eugene’s Register-Guard and Salem’s Statesman-Journal.

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