About the Author
Harold
Wilson lives with his wife Marilyn in
Chester,
on
Maryland’s
Eastern Shore.
He grew up in
Delray
Beach,
Florida
and spent a portion of his youth in the Saint Mary’s river region of
north
Florida.
After studying at
Wake
Forest
University
and
Andover
Newton
Theological
School,
Wilson
worked in the community development field at local, national and
international levels. During that period he published numerous
articles on affordable housing and finance. In 2003 he retired and
began writing poetry and fiction.
The
Queen Anne’s County Arts Council has recognized his poetry with
several awards.
Wilson’s
primary interest in fiction is to explore the ways in which
individuals seek to define themselves in a hostile world. His
treatment of their success and failures in
The Night Blooming Cereus and
Other Stories has been hailed as a tour de force by readers from
all walks of life.