William Harding

William Harry Harding has written four novels – Three Women and the River or The Englishman Who Forgot His Own Name (Lymer & Hart: 2018), and Rainbow, Young Hart, Mill Song – and a children’s book – Alvin’s Famous No-Horse – all from Henry Holt.  His poetry and Pushcart Prize-nominated short fiction and poetry has been published in The Paterson Literary Review, LIPS, San Diego Writers Ink Anthology, Summation, Magee Park Poets Anthology and the San Diego Poetry Annual. The founder of Garden Oak Press, he chairs the San Diego Entertainment + Arts Guild (SDEAG) and publishes the San Diego Poetry Annual.

Under the stage name Franco Z, he led the jazz band Z-BOP! at festivals and venues throughout Southern California for two decades.     

A member of ASCAP, the Writers Guild of Ameica, West, The Author's Guild and the Academy of American Poets, Bill came to San Diego in 1969 to fly for the  Navy, completing over 200 combat missions in Fighter Squadron 92 aboard the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Constellation.

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