124 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
USA
Bill Haney will sign copies of his latest book, What They Were Thinking: Reflections on Michigan Difference Makers. The book provides insights into eighteen notable Michigan men and women who had a lasting impact, including novelist Elmore “Dutch” Leonard, Hall-of-Fame baseball announcer Ernie Harwell, Jack Kevorkian, Denise Ilitch, J.P. McCarthy, Jennifer Granholm, and Academy Award-winning producer/director Sue Marx.
William Valentine “Bill” Haney is a writer of non-fiction books, essays, and the occasional short story, screenplay or novel. He is the author or co-author of several books and the publisher of many more by other authors.
He has managed to write and publish over the years by also having simultaneously had successful careers in wildly diverse fields. He spent more than twenty years as a top corporate executive in worldwide marketing companies. Previously, during the earliest and exciting years of U.S. space exploration, he played key roles on the management of lunar surface scientific experiment programs. He founded three book-publishing enterprises and directed two others in scholarly settings.
Bill and his wife Marcy live in the bucolic countryside of north Oakland County. After careers in the aerospace industry, academia, business and book publishing, he tried retirement three times and failed miserably. Now he focuses on his own writing, while continuing to consult very selectively on intriguing projects in book publishing, organizational management and communication, and public relations.
