Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 25, 2010

Willard Thompson


Biography

Willard Thompson is an award-winning fiction writer, lecturer and historian living in Montecito, California. Dream Helper, his first novel in his Chronicles of California trilogy of historical novels, was selected for a gold medal by the Independent Publishers 2009 Book Awards as the best fiction in the Western/Pacific Region. The second novel in the Chronicles, Delfina’s Gold, will be published spring 2010.

His new novel, Delfina's Gold, the second of the Chronicles of California series will be published in Oct. 2010

Thompson was awarded The Sara Miller McCune Award by the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts to write Dream Helper, which also won an award as a work in progress at the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference. In 2008 He won a Santa Barbara Writers Conference Community of Voices Scholarship.

Where to find Willard Thompson online

Website: http://RinconPublishing.com
Twitter: RinconPublish
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/willardthompson
Blog: http://chroniclesofcalifornia.blogspot.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.rinconpublishing.com

Books

Dream Helper    by Willard Thompson
Price: $9.95 USD. 88960 words. Published on August 25, 2010. Fiction.
Winner of a gold medal from the Independent Publishers Book Awards as the Best Fiction in the Western Pacific Region in 2009, Dream Helper tells the story of an Indian woman's struggles to preserve her way of life and family at the Franciscan mission of Santa Barbara. California.

Willard Thompson’s tag cloud

alta california    california history    chronicles of california    chumash indians    franciscan priests    historical novel    historical romance    novel of early california    santa barbara    santa barbara mission    santa barbara presidio    spanish soldiers