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Elgon Williams, born Elgon B. Williams, is an author of science fiction, fantasy and mystery. He also works as a contract publicist representing several other authors. His published works include Fried Windows (in a Light White Sauce) (2014) and Becoming Thuperman (2017), both from Pandamoon Publishing of Austin, Texas.

Books:

Although early writing, like One Over X is considered hard sci-fi, it is difficult to classify any of his work with a single genre. His most recent publications are a blend of urban fantasy with elements of science fiction. In late Summer 2018, Williams plans to release Wolfcats I: Spectre's Warning, which begins a ten book series currently under contract with Pandamoon Publishing. Homer Underby, sequel to Becoming Thuperman, is planned for an early fall 2018 release.

Biography:

Williams was born in Springfield, Ohio on May 7, 1956. He grew up on a farm near the town of South Charleston and the village of Selma in rural southeastern Clark County. "...about two miles from nowhere and between cornfields."

He graduated from Shawnee High School, Springfield, Ohio in June 1974. In the fall of that year he began studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received a BA in Mass Communication in 1978. In August 1979, he began studies at The University of Texas at Austin pursuing a degree in Marketing Administration, which he received in August 1981.

Williams worked as a advertising copywriter and account representative for Garden Enterprises in Clearwater, Florida, producing an editorial style page published in The Clearwater Sun, the local newspaper.

In 1983 he joined the US Air Force and attended The Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey in California where he studied Chinese Mandarin. Upon completion of military training he spent two years in Asia.

Shortly after returning to the US, Williams left the military and began a long career in management working for several major retailers. Periodically, he also served as a vendor advocate for a national marketing firm representing many computer technology and software companies in retail outlets. He also worked as a computer technician, technology consultant and sales representative.

Currently, Williams lives in central Florida. He has three adult children, Robert Thomas Williams (born 1986), Amanda Elizabeth Williams (born 1988) and Sarah Kristin Williams (born 1990).