Harry Willson

Harry Willson (23 July 1932 – 9 March 2010) was a writer of fiction, satire, social commentary, and philosophy, and co-founder of Amador Publishers in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Willson was born in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. He attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and received a B.A. in chemistry and mathematics. He received a master's of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary and studied Spanish at University of Madrid. He moved to New Mexico in 1958 with his wife and three children, and he served as Spanish-speaking Presbyterian missionary for eight years. Willson's views toward the church slowly changed, and he left the ministry in 1966. He became a teacher of history, English, and philosophy at Albuquerque Academy from 1966–1973and at Sandia Prep from 1973–1976.

For the next ten years, Willson wrote books and worked different jobs, including owning a worm ranch, selling produce from an organic garden, selling fireplace heater-inserts, and helping his wife open a drapery business. In 1986, he founded Amador Publisherswith his wife, Adela Amador, and in 2006, Willson and Amador changed Amador Publishers to Amador Publishers, LLC, with Zelda Gordon as co-owner and managing editor. Amador Publishers, LLC, has published more than thirty titles from more than fifteen authors, including Gene H. Bell-Villada, Donald Gutierrez, and Eva Krutein. Willson believed his authors emphasized themes he valued, peace, ecology, harmony, and feminism.

• From Fear to Love: My Journey Beyond Christianity; 2012; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-42-1
• Myth and Mortality: A Humanist Tests the Stories; 2007; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-39-1
• Freedom from God: Restoring the Sense of Wonder; 2002; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-33-9
• Vermin and Other Survival Stories: Humanity as an Endangered Species; 1996; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-22-3
• A World for the Meek; 1987; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-01-8
• Souls and Cells Remember; 1987; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-03-2
• Duke City Tales: Stories from Albuquerque; 1986; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-00-1
• This'll Kill Ya and Other Dangerous Stories: The Last Word on Censorship; 1991; III Publishing; ISBN 978-0962293726
• Christmas Blues: Behind the Holiday Mask: An Anthology; 1995; Amador Publishers, LLC; ISBN 978-0-938513-18-6