William Luce nasceu o 16 de outubro de 1931 em Portland, Oregon, EUA. Era autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Barrymore (2011), The Prophet e Brontë (1983). Morreu o 9 de dezembro de 2019 em Arizona, EUA.
He was a child prodigy on piano. He attended a conservatory and studied at two other colleges without graduating. He accompanied his mother on her Christian Science healing visits, and was a church organist in Oregon and Southern California, where he settled before eventually leaving the faith.
