William John Watkins

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 in New Jersey, from which he retired in 2008. His middle-name is commonly written as "Jon."

Books

 * 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)
 * The Last Deathship off Antares (1989)
 * Cosmic Thunder (1996)