Hounded Wins Gold Medal in 2025 FAPA Competition
Hounded Wins Silver Medal in 2025 FWA Competition
Hounded Launches as #1 New Release in Teen/Young Adult Martial Arts Fiction
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Becoming a warrior involves more than combat.
The Karate Kid meets Percy Jackson in the second book of Celtic-inspired middle-grade fiction by award-winning author Patti M. Walsh.
In this contemporary and illustrated adventure influenced by the legendary Irish warrior Cú Chulainn, 13-year-old Tony is tricked by an older boy into running drug money. Threatened, he changes his name to Colin and with his wolfhound Finn McCool seeks refuge with an eccentric grandaunt. She hopes to transform him into a warrior with discipline, magic, and bataireacht, an ancient Irish martial art.
Illustrated by William E. Green III and packed with action, humor, and contemporary themes, Hounded also explores the transformational power of friendship. It is the second book in the Companion Moon series.
A Graceful Interface with Illustrator William E. Green III
Working elbow-to-elbow with Bill Green in the Communications Department at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) for 13 years, I came to appreciate an individual who seamlessly merged talent with technical expertise.
As I began writing Hounded, I asked Bill if he would be interested in illustrating the main character who begins as Tony and evolves into Colin. It was like asking a kid if he wanted ice cream. When he finished the assignment, I was like a kid with an ice cream sundae.
Without reading the book—it wasn’t yet written—Bill captured the essence of the protagonist’s growth in three pictures. It’s what he was born to do.
“I started drawing when I was four years old,” he told me. “My dad was an engineer and I was influenced by his drawings.”
Skip ahead 10 years. Bill entered a “Draw Me” contest sponsored by the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. I remember the ads tucked into the back pages of magazines and newspapers, because I entered one of those contests, too. Although Bill was offered a scholarship, he didn’t enroll in the school. But it served as a wakeup call.
He remembers that his grandparents didn’t see a sustainable future in art, but his parents were behind him. He signed up for art classes at school, got pencils and ink, entered competitions, and won awards.
A graduate of the University of Baltimore (M.A., Publication Design) and the Maryland Institute College of Art (B.F.A. Graphic Design/Illustration), Bill put in some 30 years in the corporate world. He recently retired to pursue his art fulltime.
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