A question frequently asked in SF and other circles. Well, actually the wording tends to be more along the lines of, "Who the hell does William Sanders think he is?" . . . but never mind.

One sort of answer might be: "William 'Sundown' Sanders is a 66-year-old redbone hillbilly who lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in a little old rock house, along with his dog Judy. He rides around on an unnecessarily fast motorcycle and does not own a car. Sometimes he fools with guns - "

But who, after all, cares? Better to define myself by what I do: I am a writer.

Or rather by what I did up until recently: I am a retired writer, of books and stories and occasional other literary efforts. That was all I did, occupation-wise, for the last about thirty years. In that time I published a score of books and numerous short works, won a couple of awards and got nominated for several others, drew a certain amount of critical attention, and (I'd like to think) wrote a few things that a few people enjoyed reading.

I've been best known for speculative fiction (aka SF; not "sci-fi", please); but I've also done mysteries and suspense thrillers and various other things, including straight history. I put this in for the benefit of those who consider categories and classifications important. Details of My Literary Career can be found in the following pages, along with various other items of possible relevancy; see the menu below.

The time came, however, when I decided to hang it up. The fine people of the Social Security system had begun sending these nice checks each month, and I proposed to spend my Sunset Years basically just screwing around. Doing some more traveling, as long as that remained possible in our increasingly insane world. Catching up on my reading. Watching the young ladies of the sorority house next door. Whatever.

And for a time that was what I did, living the life of a recovering author. But I don't suppose there was ever any chance it would last. I got bored. A couple of stories came along and refused to take no for an answer. Some things seemed to need saying.

So my retirement hasn't quite gone as planned. Nothing surprising about that; nothing else in my life ever has.

Lately things have taken yet another turn: after all these years as a Nauthor, I am now a Neditor as well. Together with a coalition of friends and colleagues, I have had the honor of starting and running a new online speculative-fiction magazine, which you can see here. Please check it out, if you aren't yet familiar with our magazine; you might find it interesting.

Otherwise, feel free to wander about this site and peruse whatever takes your fancy.

INTERVIEW: Conversation With The Author LATEST BOOK: And how it can be yours HELIX: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly (link goes off site) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Published Works, With Self-Serving Commentary HONOR & GLORY: Awards And Nominations TRAVEL PAGES: Narratives Of Various Journeys; With Photos LIT STUFF: Various Material Of A More Or Less Literary And/Or Humorous Nature THINGS THAT GO BANG: The Guns Of Will Sanders BIKES: Motorcycles And Me

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