Bill grew up in West Tennessee, riding his bike on narrow rural roads lined with wild blackberry bushes, in the days before urban sprawl. He spent those long rides dreaming of new worlds of adventure. Childhood for him was one interesting activity after another, from front yard football to naval miniatures, but from the very beginning reading was the central pillar of his life.

Any and all military history books fascinated him, beginning before age 8. By his teenage years he had discovered J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard, Robert Heinlein and Fritz Leiber. Teachers ripped comic books out of his hands during Spanish and Accounting class. Oops!

After majoring in Creative Writing in college, he turned to writing history and non-fiction and was published a number of times, including in World War Two magazine.

In September of 2014 he wrote the first pages of what would become Standing The Final Watch, and its prequels and sequels in the Last Brigade Universe. Thus, at age 60, his career in fiction had just begun.

Still living in West Tennessee with his wife of 42 years and 8 dogs, four of which are Search and Rescue certified police dogs, life has turned out better than he could ever have dreamed. Yet Bill never forgets that it is you, his readers, who make this possible. There is a covenant between writer and reader that is always uppermost in his mind. Readers who spend their time and money to read an author's works, deserve the best that author has to offer, and he never forgets that.

Bill is proud to be a member of the International Authors of Science Fiction Authors, the Science Fiction Writers of America, the Society For Military History and the Alliance of Independent Authors. To keep up with the latest news, including new releases, join the mailing list at his website, www.thelastbrigade.com.

My published titles (with Clean Reads --- formerly Astraea Press) are: "Cowboy Out of Time" (Apr. 2019), "The Duchess o f Earl" (Jul. 2016), "Pleased To Meet Me" (Oct. 2015), "The Ghostess & MISTER Muir" (Oct. 2014), "Hid Wounded Reb" (Aug. 2014), "Don't Bet On It" (Apr. 2014), "Called to Arms Again" (May 2013), "Echo Taps" (June 2013), "Rescued By That New Guy in Town" (Oct. 2012), and "The Overnighter's Secrets" (May 2012).

With Dingbat Publishing, I have "Double Down Trouble, "One Simple Favor," plus two screwball comedies in the series "Amanda Moore or Less" --- "Curing the Uncommon Man-Cold" (Dec. 2013) and its prequel, "Scratching the Seven-Month Itch" (September 2014).

With TouchPoint Press, I have "Not Easy Being Android," plus the comedies, "Size Matters" (Sept. 2016) and "Stuck on Cloud Eight" (Nov. 2015).

Romantic comedy and romantic suspense are among twelve completed novel manuscripts and five novellas.

I've also published a short story in the C.R. anthology, "Love and Diamonds".

I'm co-author of two non-fiction monographs (about librarianship) with a royalty publisher, plus a signed chapter in another book and a signed article in a specialty encyclopedia. I've also published articles, book reviews, and over 120 poems; my writing has won nearly 40 awards, including several in national contests. As a newspaper photo-journalist, I published about 150 bylined newspaper articles, and some 100 bylined photos.

I worked nearly 30 years in the field of librarianship. I'm a decorated veteran of U.S. Air Force (including a remote tour of duty in the Arctic, at Thule AB in N.W. Greenland).

I'm the married parent of two and grandparent of six.

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