John Harding (author)

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John Harding
Born1951
Ely
Died2017
Hammersmith, London
OccupationAuthor
Nationality British
Education St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

John Harding (1951- September 2017[ citation needed ]) was a British writer and novelist.

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Life and career

Harding was born in Prickwillow, a village near Ely, Cambridgeshire, [1] in 1951. He attended local schools before reading English Literature at St Catherine's College, Oxford. After university, he moved to London in 1974, where he worked for as a reporter for DC Thomson. After eventually becoming an editor for several popular magazines, Harding went freelance in 1985 to pursue his ambition of becoming a novelist. [2]

His first book novel, What We Did on Our Holiday was published in 2000. The book describes a man taking his father, who has advanced Parkinson's disease, on holiday to Malta. [3] It was adapted for TV in 2006 starring Shane Ritchie and Roger Lloyd-Pack, [1] and should not be confused with a later film of the same name. Harding would go on to publish four more novels, all of which received critical acclaim.

Harding was married with two children, and lived in Richmond-upon-Thames. [1] He died in September 2017.

Works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stuntney author's all-star adaptation". Ely Standard. 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. "Author offers insight to the struggles and luxuries of writing for a living".
  3. Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience. Burlington: Elsevier Science. 2013. p. 67. ISBN   978-0444633873 . Retrieved 8 November 2014.