{"id":41,"date":"2025-06-13T07:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-10-18T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:05:44","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/about-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reading_william_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reading_william_2.jpeg 717w, https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reading_william_2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePonopolisBooks\/\">facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-51f7783f wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/William-Coleman\/author\/B07NL5WRMV?ref_=pe_1724030_132998060&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\">amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-51f7783f wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ponopolis.com\/books\/contact-me\/\">contact<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been playing in bands, off and on, since I was seventeen. That started back in Denver, where I went to high school for a couple of years. If we ever gave the band a name, I don\u2019t remember it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m originally from <strong>Minneapolis<\/strong>, but I\u2019ve been living in <strong>Germany<\/strong> for quite a while now; long enough to think in kilometers and Celsius, though I still use cups and tablespoons when I cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \u201990s, I co-founded <strong>Blue Manner Haze<\/strong> and <strong>Mad Tongues<\/strong>. These days, I play with <strong>Sloe Gin<\/strong>\u2014we call it <em>American Highway Music<\/em> (whatever that means).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started writing short stories in the late \u201990s and got hooked on the feel of playing a story out in my head. Around 2005, during a break between bands, I published my first novel, <em>Ponopolis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than ten years later, I found myself drawn back to that world. I\u2019d had too much fun in the dark little city of Ponopolis to leave it alone for good. I\u2019ve always loved noir crime fiction, so turning a story about a band into a crime saga just came naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been playing in bands, off and on, since I was seventeen. 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