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Born in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1923, Harold Andrew Horwood wore many hats: union organizer from 1946-48; political organizer from 1946-52, Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949-52, journalist, editor of The St. John's Evening Telegram from 1952-58 and The Examiner from 1960-61, co-founder of the Writers' Union of Canada, for which he served three terms as Vice Chair and one, from 1980-81, as Chair, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Waterloo, founder of The New Quarterly and, of course, writer.
Published in China, Japan, and various European countries, as well as Canada, Great Britain and the United States, Harold wrote more than twenty books of fiction, history and travel writing. He died in Annapolis Royal in April 2006.
- Among the Lions: A Lamb in the Literary Jungle. Creative Book Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-894294-25-4.
- Shortlisted for the 2001 Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction.
- A Walk in the Dream Time: Growing Up in Old St. John's. Killick Press, 1997. ISBN 1-895387-83-3.
- "I admire Horwood's gifts as a prose stylist, the delicacy and beauty of his responses to the Newfoundland environment, his fearlessness and tenacity as a writer, his courgae to stand apart, live as he wanted to, and write what he thought was the truth. Dream Time will help us understand better his many accomplishments." - from "Harold Horwood, A Walk in the Dream Time" Review by Patrick O'Flaherty. TickleAce 34, Fall/Winter 1997.
- Evening Light. Pottersfield Press, 1997. ISBN 1-895900-06-9.
- "This is a brave book, because it does affirm." - from "Under-reading Urquhart, Horwood and Rumi." Judith Maclean Miller. The Antigonish Review, No. 114, Summer 1998.
- The Magic Ground. Nimbus Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-55109-170-4.
- The Power of the Pen: Writings of Gregory J. Power. Harry Cuff Publications, 1989. ISBN 0-921191-43-X.
- Joey. Biography of Joey Smallwood. Stoddard, 1989. ISBN 0-7737-2293-9.
- Bandits and Privateers. Doubleday, 1987. ISBN 0-88780-157-9. Reprinted by Goodread Biographies, 1988.
- Dancing on the Shore: a celebration of life at Annapolis Basin. McClelland & Stewart, 1987. ISBN 0-7710-4202-7.
- Winner of the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award for non-fiction, 1988.
- Remembering Summer. Pottersfield Press, 1987, reprinted 1997. ISBN 0-919001-35-1.
- Historic Newfoundland. Oxford, 1986. ISBN 0-19-540564-1.
- Corner Brook. Breakwater Books, 1986. ISBN 0-920911-04-8.
- A History of the Newfoundland Ranger Force. Breakwater Books, 1986. ISBN 0-920911-02-1.
- Pirates and Outlaws of Canada. Doubleday/Dell, 1984. ISBN 0-440-16756-6.
- A History of Canada. Bison Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86124-090-1.
- Tales of the Labrador Indians. Harry Cuff Publications, 1981. ISBN 0-919095-15-1.
- Only the Gods Speak. Breakwater Books, 1979. ISBN 0-919948-41-3.
- The Colonial Dream. McClelland & Stewart, 1979. ISBN 0-9916-4414-7.
- Bartlett, the Great Explorer. Doubleday, 1977. ISBN 0-385-15749-5.
- Beyond the Road. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-29853-6.
- Voices Underground. New Press, 1972. ISBN 0-8870-170-1.
- White Eskimo. Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-04346-0. Reprinted Stoddart, 1973.
- Death on the Ice. Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0 385-05037-2.
- Newfoundland. Macmillan, 1969. ISBN 0-7705-1614-9.
- The Foxes of Beachy Cove. Doubleday, 1967. Reprinted Peter Davies, 1968; Stoddart, 1972. ISBN 0-7737-7082-8.
- Tomorrow Will Be Sunday. Doubleday, 1966. Reprinted Stoddart, 1972; Harry Cuff Publications, 1992. ISBN 0-921191-71-5.
