John Harding BA Mathematics, UCLA, Postgraduate: Univ. of Rome, Italy

John Harding Quick Facts

Author of Escape from Paradise , Amazon's best selling book on divorce in the United Kingdom - now optioned by a major motion picture company.

John Harding was born in
Boston, Massachusetts. He has spent most of his adult life abroad
including stays in Singapore (nine years), Saudi Arabia (nine years),
and Italy (seven years). In Singapore, John was the only American
expatriate in Singapore’s civil service. John’s writing DNA comes from
his mother, Mary Chamberlin, author of two books, Dear Friends and Darling Romans , and Palazzo ,
both originally published by Lippincott. John’s writing nurture comes
from his stepmother, screenwriter Isobel Lennart, author of Funny Girl , and Please Don’t Eat the Daisies .
John has held professorships at the King Fahd University of Petroleum
& Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and at the Graduate School of
Engineering of Pratt Institute of Technology in Brooklyn, New York. He
also worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Kingston,
Jamaica.

John is completing The Gulf , an
adventure novel based on events taking place in today's Saudi Arabia
based on his experiences in the oil business, in the desert, and with
those like himself who come to Saudi Arabia from the West for whatever
motives. He is also serving as an advisor on matters concerning Islam
for a movie script.

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