Handley, Arnold

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HANDLEY, Arnold

PERSONAL: Son of Arthur (a laborer) and Katherine (a homemaker) Handley; married; wife's name Margaret (a garage owner); children: Paul, Judith Hammerton. Hobbies and other interests: Sailing.

ADDRESSES: Home—Stanton House, West Bergholt, Colchester, England. E-mail—arnoldh@lineone.net.

CAREER: Journalist and freelance writer, 1980—.

MEMBER: Associate College of Preceptors, Institute of Motor Industry.

AWARDS, HONORS: Consumer Writers award; Motor Trade Writers award; British Institute of Industrial Editors award.

WRITINGS:

Sinclair QL in Business, Newnes (Boston, MA), 1984.

BASIC in Business, Newnes (Boston, MA), 1985.

Contributor to periodicals, including Sunday Express and Sunday Times.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Children's novels The Backshaw Class—Anyway and The Backshaw Class—Any Time, for elementary-aged readers.

SIDELIGHTS: Arnold Handley told CA: "I traveled the world and earned enough from freelancing for national newspapers throughout Europe to be free now to write fiction. Writing for children is fun, but even so, I am a still a hard mercenary: words are my business.

"As for aspiring writers … love words. Learn Italian, French, Russian, Latin, Sanscrit, Spanish, whatever. Learn the subtleties between American, Australian, and British."

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