David Westheimer (born April 11, 1917 in Houston, Texas; died November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 movie starring Frank Sinatra. Westheimer, a Rice University graduate, worked as an assistant editor for the Houston Post from 1939 to 1946 except for those years spent with the Air Force during World War II. He was shot down over Europe and spent time as a prisoner of war. His first novel, Summer on the Water, was published in 1948.
Fiction
- Summer on the Water, Macmillan, 1948
- The Magic Fallacy, Macmillan, 1950.
- Watching Out for Dulie, Dodd, 1960.
- Von Ryan's Express, Doubleday, 1964.
- My Sweet Charlie, Doubleday, 1965.
- Song of the Young Sentry, Little, Brown, 1968.
- Lighter than a Feather, Little, Brown, 1971.
- Over the Edge, Little, Brown, 1972.
- Going Public, Mason & Lipscomb, 1973.
- The Olmec Head, Little, Brown, 1974.
- The Avila Gold, Putnam, 1974.
- Von Ryan's Return, Coward, 1980.
- Delay en Route, 2004.
