Autor: LeLand William Howard

Betsy Howard is an old and very wise soul who previously served her country as a messenger and scout for the Marine Corps in New Guinea during the Second World War, at which time she laid down her life for a buddy soldier. She has also, in other climes and times, herded cattle, performed as a circus dog and street performer, and lived a life of total and loving service to her fellow beings. Leland William Howard was born in Jackson, Tennessee. He attended the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee and resided in New York City, where he studied singing and performed with the Light Opera of Manhattan. In New Orleans he worked as a hospital orderly, groundskeeper, and secretary, and was a periodic contributor to Impact, Gulf South News and The Advocate. In 1986 he studied at both the Cours de Civilisation Francaise de la Sorbonne and l’Alliance Francaise in Paris. In 1988 he studied under the late Herbert Berghof at the HB Studio in New York City, interpreting the female characters in the plays of Shakespeare. In 1990 he acted as administrative assistant and publicist for the summer season of The Millbrook Playhouse, publishing a number of feature and interview stories in local and regional newspapers in central Pennsylvania, amongst them The Lockhaven Express and the Centre Daily Times. In 2002 his first novel, Pirouettes Get No Applause in Goldengrove, was published. He earned a B.A. degree in English from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 2004 and an M.A. in English Literature from New Mexico Highlands University in 2008. His second novel, The Grass Hut was published in 2009.