Biography

William Lindsay Gresham was born on August 20, 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. William Lindsay was a writer, known for Nightmare Alley (2021), Nightmare Alley (1947) and Checkmate (1960). William Lindsay was married to Renée Rodriguez and Joy Davidman. William Lindsay died on September 14, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

He was an alcoholic and abusive to his wife Joy Davidman, as well as to their children. Joy eventually fled to England with their children, where she conducted a long-term love affair with the author C.S. Lewis, whom she eventually married (their story was told in the film Shadowlands (1993)).

He is the biological father of David and Douglas Gresham, who later became stepsons of C.S. Lewis.

In 1962 he committed suicide in a run-down hotel room in New York, where he had registered under the name "Asa Kimball, of Baltimore." The only tribute paid to him in the New York Times came from the bridge columnist.