William C. Hammond
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| Born | November 5, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Novelist, publishing consultant |
| Genres | Historical fiction |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Hammond |
| Children | Churchill Hammond Brooks Hammond Harrison Hammond |
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www.bill-hammond.com/bio.htm |
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William C. Hammond (born November 5, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist of historical fiction best known for his Cutler Family Chronicles series. All six projected novels in the series present the Americans perspective in the Age of Fighting Sail, and all six will have as their bases the creation of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of the USA on the world stage as a commercial and naval power. All novels feature the Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts and Fareham, England as well as a supporting and ever expanding cast of characters. The partially finished series follows the Cutler family from the start of the Revolutionary War to the conclusion of the war against Algiers in 1816.[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Childhood and Education
Bill Hammond grew up in Manchester, a seaside town on Boston’s North Shore. There he learned to sail in a nine-foot Turnabout and to experience the ways of the sea by hauling twenty-five lobster traps from the chilly waters off Cape Ann. A graduate of the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts,[2] Hammond went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He also spent a summer in his late teens at Hurricane Island Outward Bound School off the coast of Maine.[3]
[edit] Literary career
His thirty-year career in publishing has included work as a sales representative and as trade sales manager for Little, Brown & Company; as publisher of Hazelden Publishing[4] and Education; as president of his own management consulting firm; and as a principal of a boutique investment bank located in Concord, Massachusetts.[5]
A life-long student of History, and a sailor and reader of Historical fiction, Hammond has combined his experience into writing A Matter of Honor, For Love of Country, and subsequent titles in the series. The Revolutionary War holds special fascination for him, for it was a war fought over ideals and principles, not for territorial gain or monetary advantage. How a ragtag band of shopkeepers, candlestick makers, and merchant sailors was able to prevail over the world’s mightiest military remains a testimony to the ages of Man’s courage, resilience, and desire for freedom.[6]
In addition to his writing, the author serves as a principal of Book Architects in , St. Paul, Minnesota and a principal of 2 Bills Literary Agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[7]
[edit] Writing career
A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country are the author’s first published works of Fiction. Previous published writings include articles in various Sailing and Business magazines and book reviews in numerous daily newspapers. They also include a Non-fiction book entitled 12 Step Wisdom at Work (Kogan Page, London, 2000)[8] that the author developed on behalf of the Hazelden Foundation, where the author served as publisher for four years.
[edit] Influences
The author credits his family, especially his mother and grandmother, for instilling in him at an early age a love of books and reading. He also credits his uncle for encouraging him in his writing.[9] A further influence was the Boston publishing firm of Little, Brown and Company, where the author worked in sales and marketing for seven years. Little, Brown is the U.S. publisher of C. S. Forester, whose Hornblower series ignited a passion in the author for Nautical/ Naval/ Historical fiction.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] The Cutler Family Chronicles
- Matter Of Honor(2008)
- For Love Of Country (2010)
- The Power and the Glory (TBD)
- A Call to Arms (TBD)
[edit] External links
- an-interview-with-william-c-hammond http://www.historicnavalfiction.com/Interview an interview regarding the series
- Naval Institute Press the publishing house "For Love Of Country" (2010)
- William C. Hammond Home Page introduction to the author and his books
- The Authors Guild
- Barnes & Noble for "Love Of Country Review"
- http://www.2billsliteraryagency.com/ Hammonds literary consultant group in Minneapolis, MN
- http://www.bookarchitects.net/ article of review
[edit] References
- ^ "An Interview with William C. Hammond". Historicnavalfiction.com. 2010-07-26. http://www.historicnavalfiction.com/index.php/general-hnf-info/astrodenes-blog/1582-an-interview-with-william-c-hammond. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ http://www.groton.org/landingPage.aspx?pageId=45441§ionId=404
- ^ http://www.outwardbound.org/index.cfm/do/ind.search
- ^ "Addiction Treatment Center". Hazelden. http://www.hazelden.org/?utm_source=gg&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Biography". Bill Hammond. http://www.bill-hammond.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Interview". Bill Hammond. http://www.bill-hammond.com/disc.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "2Bills - Contact Us". 2billsliteraryagency.com. http://www.2billsliteraryagency.com/index.php?cat=Contact%20Us. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "12 step wisdom at work: transforming ... - William C. Hammond - Google Books". Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=MexmUKIL7JsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=12+step+wisdom+at+work&source=bl&ots=JzZ1JJY0uu&sig=OWSCmZVJQF9GywQ-mdgdtpCz-c8&hl=en&ei=O6VuTMHEDYP58Ab4uJCbDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Biography". Bill Hammond. http://www.bill-hammond.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
