Bill Ransom began full-time employment at the age of eleven as an agricultural worker.
11 Facts About Bill Ransom
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Bill Ransom attended Washington State University on track and boxing scholarships, and the University of Puget Sound on a track scholarship.
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Bill Ransom received his BA in Sociology and English Education from the University of Washington in 1970, and MA in English from Utah State University in 1997.
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From 1965 to 1970 Ransom worked as an expeditor on a quick engine change team, building and repairing military and commercial jet engines.
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Bill Ransom studied American minority literature and Old and Middle English on an NDEA Title IV fellowship at the University of Nevada, Reno, then began a pilot project with the Poetry in the Schools program in Washington state.
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Bill Ransom received his MA in English from Utah State University.
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Bill Ransom founded and directed the popular Port Townsend Writers Conference for Centrum and appeared in two feature films: An Officer and a Gentleman and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.
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Bill Ransom was a firefighter, firefighting basic training instructor, and CPR instructor for six years; and an advanced life support emergency medical technician for ten years in Jefferson County, Washington.
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Bill Ransom co-authored three Ace Science Fiction novels with Frank Herbert, following up on Herbert's Destination: Void.
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Bill Ransom has published six novels, six poetry collections, numerous short stories and articles.
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Bill Ransom is single with an adult daughter and three grandchildren.