William J. Birnes Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

William J. “Bill” Birnes (born November 7, 1944) is an American novelist, editor, publisher, and literary rights agent who has worked in a variety of fields from his childhood. He is a graduate of New York University and has a Ph.D. in mediaeval literature (with a dissertation on Piers Plowman) from the same school (1974). He went on to obtain a J.D. from Concord Law School after graduating from New York University. As a writer of popular nonfiction, he collaborated with detective/academic Robert D. Keppel on the book The Riverman (1995), which tells the storey of serial murderer Ted Bundy’s role in the capture of Green River Killer Gary Ridgway. 

The novel was turned into a made-for-TV film that aired on A&E in 2004. Following the release of The Day After Roswell (1998), a cooperation with UFOlogist Philip J. Corso, Birnes has established himself as a leading figure in the field of extraterrestrials. Birnes’ prior professional experience as a literary researcher included positions as a Lily Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a professor of literature and linguistics at Trenton State College. As a guest on the History Channel’s television documentaries UFO Files (2004-2007), Ancient Aliens (2009-2013), NASA’s Unexplained Files, and I Know What I Saw, he has shared his thoughts on the subject of UFOs. In the television series UFO Hunters (2008-2009), he played the head of a team of ufologists that conducted an investigation into UFOs.

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