W.A.HARBINSON

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

The writing career of W.A.Harbinson commenced when he wrote five short stories in one weekend in 1965.  Four of them were accepted for publication in Man and Man Junior magazines, Sydney, Australia.  Though Harbinson continued to write many published short stories, they are not listed in this bibliography.  Harbinson’s other fiction and non-fiction work is as follows:
 
TWO GENTLEMEN OF PLEASURE
Fiction - Horwitz, Australia 
1965
THE GENTLEMEN ROGUES Fiction - Horwitz, Australia
1966
THE RUNNING MAN Fiction - Horwitz, Australia
1967
  Tandem, London
1969
  Award Books,  New York
 1970
MARLON BRANDO: HAMLET LOST 5,000-word literary profile - Squire magazine, Australia 
  1967
NORMAN MAILER: ENFANT TERRIBLE 5,000-word literary profile - Squire magazine, Australia 
1967
A GUIDE FOR THE SINGLE MAN Fiction - Horwitz, Australia
1968
  Tandem, London  
1969
 

3-part serialisation - 19 Magazine, London 
1969
   

Between 1968 –1969, Harbinson was the literary editor of INCA, a short-lived (eight issues) but highly regarded bimonthly magazine devoted to literature, poetry, the arts, the theatre, and cinema.
OUR GIRL FRIDAY Fiction - Horwitz, Australia
1969
DEATH OF AN IDOL Fiction - Horwitz, Australia
1970
As MEAT  Panther, London
1972
SAMMY DAVIS JNR 5,000-word profile - Club Magazine, London
 1971
INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH Fiction - Corgi, London   
1973
(Republished) Fiction - Corgi, London 
1977
As NONE BUT THE DAMNED Pinnacle, New York
 1974

W.A.Harbinson was the Chief Associate Editor of Paul Raymond’s Men Only, Club International and Club USA magazines from 1973 to 1976.  During that period he contributed many short stories and articles to the magazines.  He also personally commissioned articles from or arranged interviews with: Peter Sellers, James Mason, Quentin Crisp, Erich von Daniken, Colin Wilson, Paul Tabori, Angela Carter, Ernie Wise, Spike Milligan, Irma Kurtz, Jerzi Kosinski, Daniel Farson, William Trevor, G.F. Newman, Count Zichy, Frank Norman, Barry (Dame Edna Everidge) Humphries, Ken Russell, Molly Parkin, Tina Turner, Billy Connolly… and many others!
KNOCK Fiction - Intergroup, London   
1975
BRONSON! Biography - Pinnacle, New York     
1975
  W.H.Allen, London (H/B) 
 1976
  Star, London (P/B)  
  1976
ELVIS: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Large-format illustrated Biography - Michael Joseph, London 
  1975
(Reprinted twice) Strengholt, Holland
1975
(Reprinted twice) French edition
1975
Serialisation Apache magazine, Japan
1977
As THE ILLUSTRATED ELVIS Grosset & Dunlap, New York
1976
  Target, New York 
1977
Small-format edition Tempo Star, New York
1977

Number One on NEW YORK TIMES trade paperback
bestseller list - (October 9, 1977)
As THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ELVIS PRESLEY Michael Joseph, London
1977
  Perigree, the Putnam Publishing Group New York 
 1977
As THE LEGEND OF ELVIS PRESLEY Treasure Press, London 
 1989
(Reprinted twice)    
GEORGE C. SCOTT: THE MAN, THE ACTOR, and THE LEGEND Biography - Pinnacle, New York
1977
EVITA: A LEGEND FOR THE SEVENTIES

Large-format illustrated Biography - W.H. .Allen (Star Books), London (P/B) 
1977
NO LIMIT FOR CHARLIE Fiction - Panther, London 
 1977
THE OIL HEIST Fiction - Corgi, London (P/B)       
1978
  Firecrest, London (H/B)  
 1983
Large print edition Firecrest, London (H/B)
1984
STRYKER’S KINGDOM Fiction - Corgi, London 
1979
Critic’s Choice  Lorevan Publishing, New York 
1986
GENESIS Fiction - Corgi, London (P/B)
1980
(Ten reprintings to 1985)    
  Piatkus, London (H/B) 
1981
  De Kern, Holland
1981
  Dell, New York
1982
Various U.S. and Canadian bestseller lists
  Planeta, Spain
1982
  DeKern, Netherlands
1982
  Playboy, Holland
1984
  Circulo de Lectores, Spain
2003
Remained in print for almost ten years, but was
repackaged as part of the PROJEKT SAUCER series
(see below) in November, 1994
DEADLINES Fiction - NEL, London  
1981
(Republished 1985)    
REVELATION Fiction - Corgi, London 
 1981
(Reprinted twice) Dell, New York 1983
1983
Reached Number 8 in U.S. bestseller lists
  Spectrum, Holland
1985
OTHERWORLD Fiction - Corgi, London
 1984
  NEL, London 
   1998
  Dell, New York 
 1987
THE LODESTONE Fiction - Sphere, London   
 1989
PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK ONE: INCEPTION Fiction - Dell, New York  
  1991
PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK TWO: GENESIS Fiction - Dell, New York  
 1991
*GENESIS is Book Three of the series in the U.K.
DREAM MAKER Fiction - Orbit, London  
 1991
  Walker & Co., New York 
1992
Lead Title hardcover, September 1992
ELVIS

Biography - Large-format - illustrated (H/B)  Colour Library Books, London 
  1992
Also published in:     U.S.  
  Germany  
  France  
  Holland  
Special commemorative edition    
 1997
PRIVATE PRESLEY: THE LOST YEARS (Ghost Writer)

Non-fiction, Large-format illustrated (H/B with CD) - Boxtree, London  
  1993
Rights sold prior to publication:   U.S.  
Serialisation rights sold to: Life magazine   
MICKEY NEWBURY: SINGER/SONGWRITER 8,000-word showbiz profile - Goldmine magazine, U.S. 
1994
Abbreviated and updated version Bruised magazine, U.K.    
..1999
GROWING UP WITH THE MEMPHIS FLASH

(co-written with the biographical subject, KAY WHEELER) - A memoir of the 1950s - Tutti Frutti, Amsterdam - Illustrated with rare Elvis photos
1994
INCEPTION (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 1) Fiction - NEL, London 
1994
PHOENIX (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 2) Fiction - NEL, London
 1995
GENESIS (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 3) Fiction - NEL, London
1995
MILLENNIUM (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 4) Fiction - NEL, London
1995
RESURRECTION (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 5) Fiction - NEL, London
1999
PROJEKT UFO: THE CASE FOR MAN-MADE FLYING SAUCERS Non-fiction - Boxtree, London (H/B)   
.1995
  Boxtree, London (P/B)
1996
DEPARTURES Fiction - Poolbeg, Dublin
1996
EVITA: SAINT OR SINNER? Non-fiction - Boxtree, London 
 1997
Reached Number 8 position in THE TIMES ‘Top Ten
Movie & TV Tie-ins’ March 1997
Also a paperback best-seller for:
 St. Martin’s Press, New York 
1997
THE CRYSTAL SKULLS Fiction - NEL, London 
1997
PLAY/TIME Fiction - Pipers' Ash Chippenham
1998
RESURRECTION (PROJEKT SAUCER, BOOK 5) Fiction - Hodder & Stoughton, London (H/B)
1999
GENESIS Circulo de Lectores (Spain)
2004
THE WRITING GAME www.pabd.com
2005
ALL AT SEA ON THE GHOST SHIP www.booksurge.com
2005
REVELATION www.booksurge.com
2007
PROJEKT UFO: THE CASE FOR MAN-MADE FLYING SAUCERS www.booksurge.com
2008
INTO THE WORLD OF MIGHT BE www.booksurge.com
2008

Radio – Films – Television – CDs – Multi-media
ALPHA CENTAURI MAYA-NEXUS    
   
Multi-media science-fiction exhibition for which Harbinson wrote the various texts to accompany the illustrations (Miles Walker) shown on the many giant screens of the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) in London.  The exhibition ran at the ICA for six weeks in 1972, then toured Britain, taking in six major cities.  Harbinson's text became the basis for his BBC Radio play, ASTRONAUT (see below) and, later, was expanded into his novelette, PLAY/TIME (see above).
   
ASTRONAUT Radio Play - BBC
 1975
     
ADVENTURES OF A TAXI DRIVER

(published under the pseudonym of JOE NORTH) - Film novelisation - Mayflower, London, (based on the screenplay by SUZANNE MERCER) 

1976
(Reprinted twice)    
     
CAPTAIN COOK

(an episode of the BBC2-Time/Life TV series, THE EXPLORERS) - Aditional dialogue      
  1976
     
ELVIS Stage musical - New York 
 1977
Adapted from Harbinson’s No.1 U.S. bestseller THE
ILLUSTRATED ELVIS
     
ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE EYE (published under the pseudonym of JOE SOUTH) - Film novelisation       Mayflower, London - (based on the screenplay by SUZANNE MERCER)
1977

 
THE MacKINNONS

(co-written with LINDSAY GALLOWAY) - Novelisation         Panther, London.  Based on the BBC television series
 1977
     
THE UNCANNY

Film novelisation - Panther, London. (based on the screenplay by MICHAEL PARRY)
1977
     
THE CITY’S EDGE

Feature film - Australia - (screenplay by ROBERT J. MERRITT and KEN QUINNELL) - Based on the author’s own novel THE RUNNING MAN
1983
     
FATHER AND SON Radio play - BBC Ulster 
1998
     
THE MICKEY NEWBURY COLLECTION

10-CD box set - Mountain Retreat, U.S. - Containing special tribute text by Harbinson,  plus extracts from his text for MICKEY NEWBURY: SINGER-SONGWRITER
  .1999
   
For the past decade, Harbinson has been the regular film columnist for The Eyes, a bilingual, cross-cultural magazine based in Paris, France.
   

W.A.HARBINSON

also writes under the pseudonym of

Shaun Clarke
   
BIBLIOGRAPHY
   
BEHIND IRAQI LINES (SOLDIER ‘A’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
 1993
(Reprinted six times)    
HEROES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC (SOLDIER ‘B’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1993
SECRET WAR IN ARABIA (SOLDIER ‘C’ SAS Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1993
Also published as OPERATION JAGUAR – OMAN    
SNIPER FIRE IN BELFAST (SOLDIER ‘E’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1993
GUERRILLAS IN THE JUNGLE (SOLDIER ‘F’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1993
THE DESERT RAIDERS (SOLDIER ’G’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
(Reprinted twice)    
THE HEADHUNTERS OF BORNEO (SOLDIER ‘H’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
COUNTER-INSURGENCY IN ADEN (SOLDIER ‘J’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
Also published as THE ADEN REBELLION    
THE EMBASSY SIEGE (SOLDIER ‘L’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
NIGHT FIGHTERS IN FRANCE (SOLDIER ‘P’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
DEATH ON GIBRALTAR (SOLDIER ‘R’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1994
INTO VIETNAM (SOLDIER ‘V’ SAS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1995
(Reprinted twice)    
TERRORISM ON THE NORTH SEA (MARINE ‘A’ SBS) Fiction - 22 Imprint, London 
1995
   

The above series of novels also published in hardback by

Severn House and Chivers Press, London,

and as 3-volume Blitz Press ‘mammoth’ editions
   
THE EXIT CLUB Fiction - Pocket Books, London 
1996
UNDERWORLD Fiction - Hodder & Stoughton,  
  London (H/B) 
 1997
  Coronet, London (P/B)    
 1997
DRAGON LIGHT Fiction - Pocket Books, London 
1997
RED HAND Fiction - Hodder & Stoughton
 
  London (B/B) 
 1998
  Coronet, London (P/B) 
 1998
THE OPIUM ROAD Fiction - Simon & Schuster  
  London (H/B)      
1998
  Pocket Books, London (P/B)  
1998
OPERATION MILLENNIUM Fiction - Simon & Schuster  
  London (H/B) 
1999
  Pocket Books, London (P/B) 
1999
GREEN LIGHT Hodder & Stoughton  
  London (H/B) 
2000
  Coronet (P/B) 
2000
REVERSE NEGATIVE  Simon & Schuster  
  London (H/B) 
2000
  Coronet (P/B)
2000
NIGHT RIDER    Hodder & Stoughton  
  London (H/B) 
2001
  Coronet (P/B)
2001
   

UNPUBLISHED

W.A.HARBINSON
   
THE BLOOD OF THE LORD    
Novel  about a beautiful teenage girl who contracts stigmata and about how this ‘miracle’ changes the small Texas town that she lives in.
THE BARBED-WIRE ROAD    
An epic novel about the arms trade in war and peace.  
AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE    
Comedy-drama novel about a year in the life of a TV scriptwriter.
LAGAN RIVER, BLACK MOUNTAIN    
First, epic novel in a 2-book series tracing the evolution of 'The Troubles' in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1940 to the present day.
DIVIDE AND RULE    
,Second, epic novel in a 2-book series tracing the evolution of 'The Troubles' in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1940 to the present day.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE STORY OF NASTASSIA AND KLAUS KINSKI
Unauthorised biography, both hilarious and shocking.  
   
UNPRODUCED FILM AND TELEVISION SCRIPTS
   
REVELATION    
Screenplay for a feature film, based on the author’s novel of the same title 
DREAM MAKER    
Screenplay for a feature film, based on the author’s novel of the same title
THE BLOOD OF THE LORD    
Screenplay for a feature film, based on the author’s unpublished novel
DEPARTURES    
Screenplays for a 3-part TV miniseries, based on the author’s novel of the same title
AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE    
Screenplay for a TV film, based on the author’s unpublished novel
THE CALLING    
Treatment for a TV film or series    
GROWING UP WITH THE MEMPHIS FLASH    
Screenplay for a feature film.  Co-writer: Kay Wheeler.   Based on the co-authored autobiography of the same title