Editing William Luther Pierce (section)

== Novels ==
Pierce published two novels under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.{{sfn|Gardell|2003|p=91}}

=== ''The Turner Diaries'' ===
{{Main|The Turner Diaries}}

Pierce gained attention following the [[Oklahoma City bombing|1995 Oklahoma City bombing]] by [[Timothy McVeigh]], who was inspired by Pierce's novel ''[[The Turner Diaries]]'' (1978).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=J.M. |author-link=J.M. Berger |date=2016-09-16 |title=Alt History |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/how-the-turner-diaries-changed-white-nationalism/500039/ |access-date=2018-12-24 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en-US |issn=1072-7825}}</ref> It had started as a serial in the NA serial ''Attack!'' in 1975.{{sfn|Berger|2016a|p=9}} The book is a graphically violent depiction of a future [[race war]] in the United States, which includes a detailed description of the "Day of the Rope" mass hangings of many "race traitors", followed by the systematic [[ethnic cleansing]] of the city, and eventually the entire world. The story is told through the perspective of Earl Turner, an active member of the white revolutionary underground resistance, called The Organization, led by the secret inner circle known as The Order. 

The part most relevant to the McVeigh case is in an early chapter, when the book's main character is placed in charge of bombing the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] headquarters.<ref name="ADL-Bio" /> When McVeigh was arrested later that day, pages from the book were found in his car, with several phrases highlighted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-04-28 |title='Turner Diaries' introduced in McVeigh trial |url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/28/okc/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503071828/http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/28/okc/ |archive-date=2001-05-03 |access-date=2014-10-21 |work=[[CNN]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Camille |date=2004-10-14 |title=The Turner Diaries, Other Racist Novels, Inspire Extremist Violence |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/turner-diaries-other-racist-novels-inspire-extremist-violence |access-date=2014-10-21 |work=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Pierce's stated opinion on the bombing varied; at one time Pierce denounced the bombing as it had not been at the right time. At other times, he said he did approve of the bombing.{{sfn|Berger|2016a|p=30}} ''The Turner Diaries'' also inspired a group of white revolutionary nationalists in the early 1980s called [[The Order (white supremacist group)|The Order]], after The Order in the novel. The Order was connected to numerous crimes, including counterfeiting and bank robbery, and supposedly gave money to the Alliance.<ref name="ADL-Bio" />

=== ''Hunter'' ===
{{Main|Hunter (Pierce novel)}}

In 1989, Pierce published another novel, ''[[Hunter (Pierce novel)|Hunter]]'', which tells the story of a man named Oscar Yeager, a veteran of the Vietnam War who begins by killing multiple interracial couples.<ref name="Mills">{{Cite news |last=Mills |first=David |date=1993-05-16 |title=Don't Think Twice, It's All White |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/05/16/dont-think-twice-its-all-white/da028467-ba72-448b-9af1-4d6c8a30d511/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326093204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/05/16/dont-think-twice-its-all-white/da028467-ba72-448b-9af1-4d6c8a30d511/ |archive-date=2021-03-26 |access-date=2018-12-24 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He then assassinates liberal journalists, politicians and bureaucrats in the D.C. area. In interviews, Pierce called ''Hunter'' more realistic, and described his rationale for writing it as taking the reader through "an educational process".{{sfn|Gardell|2003|p=360}}