John Harding (author)

John Harding
Born	1951 Ely, Cambridgeshire
Died	2017 Hammersmith, London
Occupation	Author
Nationality	British
Education	St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

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

Life and career

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 Ritchie 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

• 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

1. "In Memoriam". Soham Grammarians. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
2. "Stuntney author's all-star adaptation". Ely Standard. 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Author offers insight to the struggles and luxuries of writing for a living". 13 January 2006.
4. Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience. Burlington: Elsevier Science. 2013. p. 67. ISBN 978-0444633873. Retrieved 8 November 2014.