Comments for William Ard

Comment on The Hard Boiled Paperbacks by Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:02:41 +0000

Hi Frank,
Glad you like the site. I’d suggest Hell is a City, The Perfect Frame, Down I go.
The Lou Largo series he wrote as Ben Kerr are harder and more violent, whereas the Timothy Dane series are a little lighter. They’re all good, fun reads.
The real trick will be to find his novels. Most of the ones I have were collected in the late 80s and more recently on eBay. Don’t know if your local library might have any titles or could get them through inter library loan.
Good luck and let me know how you like him!

Comment on The Hard Boiled Paperbacks by Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:21:06 +0000

Interesting site you have created. I became aware of Ard last week when he was mentioned in one of the blogs i read. Am thinking of picking up a book to try. Do you have any suggestions for a good first book to try?

Comment on News, Updates, Additions by Guns of Revenge « William Ard

Guns of Revenge « William Ard — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:02:20 +0000

[...] The pseudonym is actually the name of a close friend of the Ards at the time. He has since passed away. For Eileen Hendrick’s recollection, click here. [...]

Comment on Preface by higheredmarketingblog

higheredmarketingblog — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:11:29 +0000

Tim,
Thanks for your note and insight. If you have any other memories, please send them on. Also, if you have a website for your books, send me the url and I’ll share it with readers. I would, as is obvious, love to know everything I can about William Ard to share with others around the world who may be interested.

Comment on Preface by Tim Ohr

Tim Ohr — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:42:57 +0000

When I was 7 years old, I spent a great deal of time in Bill Ard’s house in Bellaire, Florida, where my family moved from New Jersey. Because the Ards had come from the east coast too, our families were briefly close as we lived on the top of Evonaire Circle and the Ards lived on Rosary Road which served as the bottom of the circle. Every boy child in our small city was inspired by Bill to become writers one way or the other. A few of us did. I have based a character in my second, unpublished novel, Cheap Tricks, on Bill Ard. I believe his daughteer Eileen has contacted you with how to access it. Of course, I am a writer, five books in print, one novel coming March 31 – Under the Gun. I can remember being inspired to write science fiction and westerns as early as the age of eight due to Bill’s presence. He and was wife Eileen were very gracious people, and Bill was exceptionally smart. I believe he had been in the Marines during World War II.