John Harding (author)

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John Harding
Born1951 (1951)
Died2017 (aged 65–66)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Catherine's College, University of Oxford

John Harding (1951 – September 2017)[1] was a British writer and novelist.

Life and career

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Harding was born in Prickwillow, a village near Ely, Cambridgeshire,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] It was adapted for TV in 2006 starring Shane Richie and Roger Lloyd-Pack.[2] Harding would go on to publish four more novels, spanning multiple genres.

Harding was married with two children, and lived in Richmond-upon-Thames.[2] He died in September 2017.[1]

Works

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  • What We Did on Our Holiday (2000)
  • While the Sun Shines (2002)
  • One Big Damn Puzzler (2005)
  • Florence and Giles (2010)
  • The Girl who Couldn't Read (2014)

References

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