Thomas Hollyday
Literary Resume
Thomas Hollyday
1957-1960 Staff writer and editor, Northwood School Mirror
1960Wrote cartoon essay, The Freeb Story
1961-1964 Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, studied with Elliot Coleman and Richard Macksey
1962-1963 Cartoonist, Johns Hopkins newspaper
1963 Published short story, "Tom Jackson's Hollarin' Snake," in Channels
1964 Wrote novel, River Sunday
1964 Published short story, "Night Bugs," in Paean
1964 Published poem, "hant," in Johns Hopkins Magazine
1964 Published short story, "Green Ribbon," in Charles Street Review
1964 Published poem, "you know," in Charles Street Review
1969 Wrote novel, General Store, Incorporated
1971 Wrote novel, Play It Pretty
1971 Wrote novel, Black Ducks; Retitled in 2009 as Powerboat Racer
1975-1977 Published cartoons in Saturday Evening Post, National Enquirer, Hardware Age, Rotarian
1976 Published essay, "William Weaver's Tavern," Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland
1977 Published greeting card, Evergreen Press, California
1977 Published essay, "Brig John Gilpin," Banner newspaper, Easton, Maryland
1978 Presented address, "Henry Hollyday, Confederate Soldier at the Battle of Cold Harbor," to Daughters of Confederacy Annual Meeting, Baltimore
1980 Published full color cartoon poem, "Decorating Our Family Tree," Good Housekeeping
1981-1982 Designed stage decorations, Ice Chips ice show, Boston
1982 At request of Mary Kennan, Editor, Spectrum Books, Prentice Hall, wrote draft chapters for international trade training manual. Project later cancelled due to budget.
1983 Won first prize, Duxbury Art Show, humorous drawings, Duxbury, Massachusetts
1985-1986 Staff business cartoonist, Smaller Business Association newspaper, Waltham, Ma
1987- 1997 Editor, National Gazette, Society of Colonial Wars, Louisiana
1987 Published essay, "Readbourne Revisited," Maryland Historical Magazine, Baltimore
1992 Published article, "China Brig John Gilpin," Neptune, Peabody Museum, Salem, Ma
1992-present Editor, Puddles newsletter and weblog, Animals and Water issues, print and on Internet
1992, 1994 New England Writing Workshop, Simmons College, Boston
1992 Wrote novel, Slave Graves, published May 2001
1994 Wrote novel, Wilderness
1996-2004 Michael Curtis Writing Group, Leominster Ma
1998 Wrote novel, The King of the Working People; Wrote novel, Magnolia Gods, published 2007
2000 Wrote novel The Susan Flower
2004 Wrote novel Gold
2005 Wrote novel Clipper
2007 Participant St. Botolph Writing Workshop, Boston, Ma
2008 Founder, Mensa Writing Workshop, Boston, Ma
2009 Novel Black Ducks retitled as Powerboat Racer
Business Resume
Thomas Hollyday, 55 Chestnut Street, Weston, MA 02493
Employment:1985- present
President, Happy Bird Corporation, PO Box 86, Weston, MA, Manufactures wildlife water stations
1974-1984 International Trade, US. Department of Commerce
1973 Homelite Company, Port Chester, New York
1965-1968 US Army Counterintelligence Service
Education:
1957-1960 Northwood School, Lake Placid, New York
1960-1964 Johns Hopkins University, BA
1966-1969 Johns Hopkins University, Masters in Education
1971-1972 Clark University, MBA
Honors:
1957-1960 Full scholarship and travel expenses, Northwood School
1960-1964 Full scholarship, Proctor and Gamble Corporation
1968 Army Commendation Medal for Vietnam service
1971-1972 Full scholarship, Clark University
1980 US Department of Commerce commendation
1987 International Business Center of Boston Excellence Award
Family: Married. Wife is historian. Have one daughter and one son. Daughter goes to Boston College and is figure skater. Son is in middle school and plays baseball.
Personal projects and hobbies:
Tennis, Figure skating Swimming Wood and metal shop work, Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, Easton, Maryland
Overseer and Auction Committee, Old Sturbridge Village; Board member and Webmaster, McPhaedres-Warner House, Portsmouth, NH; Keechong China Trade Society, Boston; Archives Committee, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland ,Vietnam Veteran Committee, Senator John Kerry