Marshall De Bruhl was for many years an executive and editor with several major American publishing houses, specializing in history and biography, most notably as editor of, and contributor to, the "Dictionary of American History" and the "Dictionary of American Biography." He is also the author of "Sword of San Jacinto: A Life of Sam Houston," and co-compiler of "The International Thesaurus of Quotations." He lives in Ashville, North Carolina.