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Charles Hampton
Biography
Born in Arkansas and raised in New Orleans, Charles Hampton wrote his first story at age 9 about Thor and his mighty hammer. Since then, he has published several million non-fiction words, including news and sports stories, several hundred trade-magazine articles and numerous gee-whiz science articles.
During his career, he has been musician, sailor, oil-field roughneck, newspaper reporter, aerospace public relations representative, and advertising executive. In January 2013, he retired after serving for 15 years as editor and principal photojournalist for a successful business trade magazine.
Brothers of the Light was his first published novel. In addition to that book, he now has three other works: his non-fiction book for writers, Writing Great Stories, The Oddlings, a book of science-fiction short stories and his most recent novel, Power Hunger, a near-future thriller, He currently has two other new books in the works, so watch for them.
Hampton says, “I've been blessed as a home-based, self-employed writer to have been able to raise a family, put four kids through school. . .all with my typewriter, now computer. One complaint, though. The hard part about working at home all these years has been the terrible commute. . .from my bedroom office to the coffeepot!”
During his career, he has been musician, sailor, oil-field roughneck, newspaper reporter, aerospace public relations representative, and advertising executive. In January 2013, he retired after serving for 15 years as editor and principal photojournalist for a successful business trade magazine.
Brothers of the Light was his first published novel. In addition to that book, he now has three other works: his non-fiction book for writers, Writing Great Stories, The Oddlings, a book of science-fiction short stories and his most recent novel, Power Hunger, a near-future thriller, He currently has two other new books in the works, so watch for them.
Hampton says, “I've been blessed as a home-based, self-employed writer to have been able to raise a family, put four kids through school. . .all with my typewriter, now computer. One complaint, though. The hard part about working at home all these years has been the terrible commute. . .from my bedroom office to the coffeepot!”