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Guest author Howard Franklin
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Author Howard Franklin, "An Irish Experience"

Howard G. Franklin was born in St. Joe, Missouri, in 1940. Raised in Los Angeles, he received his B.S. in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Southern California, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. From 1968 to 1988, Howard served as a Deputy Public Defender for Los Angeles County, was engaged in the private practice of law, and became a partner in F & F Investment Company.
Howard frequently travels to visit with his Mom and Dad, two sisters, assorted nephews and nieces, daughter Amy, and sons Matthew and Nicholas. In 1991, after the untimely death of his second wife, Patty, Howard moved to Portland, Oregon—where he began writing full time.

An Irish Experience is Howard's first published book, and combining both his lifelong love of the written word with his unswerving passion for Ireland, represents for him the realization of a dream. In addition, Inkwater Press's decision to publish An Irish Experience arrived on Howard's 67th birthday during a meeting in which he was also introduced to the editor, Linda, who strongly shaped the idea of public birth.

Their instant connection soon produced far more than literary sparks, leading to a romance that can only be classified as a real-life fairytale. Married in 2008, honeymooned in Ireland (where else?), the couple are currently hard at work polishing Howard's courtroom novel, Gideon's Children, for future publication, while sharing life with his three children, as well as Linda's daughter, Wendy, and her husband Chris.