John L. Williams
johnelwilliams.bsky.social
John L. Williams
@johnelwilliams.bsky.social
Writer, festival organiser, CLR James biographer, winner of 'most improved player' award Tilburg Regents CC 2023. New book Heatwave, on the summer of 76, out this May
Thanks Sarah. Such a loss
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here's a link to the chapter I wrote about him in Back to the Badlands twenty years ago. It's long, but gives a sense of the man - and what we've lost with his passing. johnwilliams25.wixsite.com/website/dani...
Daniel Woodrell | John Lincoln William
johnwilliams25.wixsite.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A couple of times I spent time with him and his wife - fellow writer Katie Estill - out in West Plains, Missouri. And he always talked about wanting to come to Wales. Ah well
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
No need!
July 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'm pretty sure Goines didn't write all those posthumous books. It's just implausible and they read differently. But Nazel is just a guess, based on my sense of his style and his close involvement with the publishers... Will have to get that book - looks great.
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just found a fascinating obituary of Nazel here - www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
An Appreciation: Joseph Gober Nazel Jr. (1944-2006)
Joseph Nazel kept a pistol tucked in his desk, but he seldom showed it.
www.latimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Blimey. Is that a Holloway House? I've long suspected that Joe Nazel may have written the stream of posthumous Donald Goines novels ..
July 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is a good one. Am smug to say I smelt a rat straight away when sent it for review way back when...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...
Anthony Godby Johnson - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Here's some - bonus pulp fiction above!
July 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not from Exeter are you?
June 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great - Thomas Wortche too?
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Is she still in Berlin?
June 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I really liked Room To Swing a long time ago
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Not to one up you but ended up sleeping on floor of Paddington waiting for first morning train!
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM