William John Watkins (born 1942) is a science fiction writer and poet.
In the 1970s and 1980s he was known for novels, but in the last decade he has primarily been a short story writer and poet. In 2002 he won the
Rhysling Award for short poem for ''We Die as Angels''.
Watkins was a professor of humanities and one of the founding faculty members of
Brookdale Community College
Brookdale Community College is a public community college in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1967, the college also has regional locations in Neptune Township, ...
in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, from which he retired in 2008.
His middle-name is commonly written as "Jon."
Bibliography
Books
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* ''Clickwhistle'' (1973)
* ''The Litany of Sh'reev'' (1976) (with Gene Snyder)
* ''What Rough Beast'' (1980)
* ''The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer'' (1985) (Legrange League)
* ''Going to See the End of the Sky'' (1986) (Legrange League)
* ''The Last Deathship off Antares'' (1989)
* ''Cosmic Thunder'' (1996)
Poems
References
External links
Fantastic Fiction*
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1942 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American poets
20th-century American short story writers
American male novelists
American male poets
American male short story writers
American science fiction writers
Asimov's Science Fiction people
Brookdale Community College faculty
Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem winners
20th-century American male writers
Novelists from New Jersey