William Harry Harding has written four novels, including Three Women and the River or The Englishman Who Forgot His Own Name (Lymer & Hart: 2018).
His first novel, Rainbow, was a Book-of-the-Month Club featured alternate, with movie rights sold to Warner Bros. His second, Young Hart, won the New Jersey Writer’s Award of Merit. His third, Mill Song, was also excerpted in the anthology Italian American Writers of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press). His children’s book, Alvin’s Famous No-Horse (Henry Holt), illustrated by Michael Chesworth, was nominated for the Sunshine State Award and has been translated into Japanese.
His recent short fiction and poetry have appeared in The Paterson Literary Review, earning two Pushcart Prize nominations.
Bill served as Book Critic for Westways, contributed literary criticism to the Los Angeles Times and worked as Sports Editor of The Californian.
President and Chairman of the Board of the local arts non-profit San Diego Entertainment &Arts Guild (SDEAG), a 501(c)(3) public charity, he has been a member of ASCAP, the Writer’s Guild of America, West, the Academy of American Poets, and The Author’s Guild, .
Under the stage name Franco Z, he led a local jazz band, Z-BOP!, at venues throughout Southern California. (lodestarz.com)
He came to San Diego in 1969 to fly for the U.S. Navy, completing over 200 combat missions with Fighter Squadron 92 aboard the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Constellation.
That is awesome.