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| name=Harold Raymond "Hal" King, Jr.​<br>

| name=Harold Raymond "Hal" King, Jr.​

(Journalist and suspense novelist)

(Journalist and suspense novelist)

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| birth_date=February 27, 1945​

| birth_date=February 27, 1945​

| birth_place=Place of birth missing

| birth_place=Place of birth missing

Resident of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]​, and [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], [[Michigan]]

Resident of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]​, and Grand Rapids, [[Michigan]]

| death_date=October 15, 2010 (aged 65)

| death_date=October 15, 2010 (aged 65)

| death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana​

| death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana​

King was born to Anne M. King of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], and the [[United States Air Force]] Lieutenant Colonel Harold King, Sr. (1924–2000), formerly of [[Michigan]]. King's obituary does not give his place of birth or rearing, high school, or the college granting his undergraduate degree. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. He received a [[Master of Arts]] degree in professional writing from the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman, [[Oklahoma]]. In the 1970s, he was an award-winning investigative reporter for ''The Shreveport Times.'' His former wife, Elaine Tucker King (born 1949), was also on the newspaper staff. King taught an undergraduate writing course at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=harold-raymond-king-hal&pid=146006899|title=Harold Raymond "Hal" King, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 17, 2010|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref>​

King was born to Anne M. King of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], and the [[United States Air Force]] Lieutenant Colonel Harold King, Sr. (1924–2000), formerly of [[Michigan]]. King's obituary does not give his place of birth or rearing, high school, or the college granting his undergraduate degree. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. He received a [[Master of Arts]] degree in professional writing from the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman, [[Oklahoma]]. In the 1970s, he was an award-winning investigative reporter for ''The Shreveport Times.'' His former wife, Elaine Tucker King (born 1949), was also on the newspaper staff. King taught an undergraduate writing course at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=harold-raymond-king-hal&pid=146006899|title=Harold Raymond "Hal" King, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 17, 2010|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref>​

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==Novels==​

==Novels==

In addition to ''Paradigm Red,'' King authored the novels ''Four Days'' (a [[Cold War]] thriller), ''Taskmaster,'' ''Code of Arms,'' and ''The Hahnemann Sequela.'' And under the pen name "Brian Harris" he novelized the miniseries ''World War III.''

In addition to ''Paradigm Red,'' King authored the novels ''Four Days'' (a [[Cold War]] thriller), ''Taskmaster,'' ''Code of Arms,'' and ''The Hahnemann Sequela.'' And under the pen name "Brian Harris" he novelized the miniseries ''World War III.''

 

His best-selling ''Closing Ceremonies,'' with the streamer "Nazi Evil Lives On . . . And a Hunt to the Death Begins,"<ref name=closing>{{cite book|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/harold-king/closing-ceremonies.htm|title=Closing Ceremonies|publisher=Coward, McCannan & Geoghegan, 1979, ISBN 0-698-10950-3|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref> prompted ''Publishers Weekly'' to name King in 1979 "the crown prince of suspense."<ref name=obit/>​

His best-selling ''Closing Ceremonies,'' with the streamer "Nazi Evil Lives On . . . And a Hunt to the Death Begins,"<ref name=closing>{{cite book|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/harold-king/closing-ceremonies.htm|title=Closing Ceremonies|publisher=Coward, McCannan & Geoghegan, 1979, ISBN 0-698-10950-3|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref> prompted ''Publishers Weekly'' to name King in 1979 "the crown prince of suspense."<ref name=obit/>​

 

''Shelkagari'' is a story about the search in the [[Himalayas]] for a lost [[diamond]] that purportedly belonged to [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name=king>{{cite web|url=http://www.halking.com/novels.html|title=Novels by Harold King|publisher=halking.com|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref>​

''Shelkagari'' is a story about the search in the [[Himalayas]] for a lost [[diamond]] that purportedly belonged to [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name=king>{{cite web|url=http://www.halking.com/novels.html|title=Novels by Harold King|publisher=halking.com|accessdate=October 31, 2010}}</ref>​

 

King's writing topics range from Himalayan subculture to disaster from nuclear reactors. In addition to his writing, King had been a taxi driver and a construction worker.<ref name=king/>​

King's writing topics range from Himalayan subculture to disaster from nuclear reactors. In addition to his writing, King had been a taxi driver and a construction worker.<ref name=king/>​

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==Death==​

==Death==​

King had been living in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], Michigan,<ref>People Search and Background Check, Internet</ref> writing his most recent novels<ref name=king/> prior to the onslaught of [[cancer]], which claimed his life at the age of 65 after an extended illness.<ref name=obit/>​

King had been living in Grand Rapids, Michigan,<ref>People Search and Background Check, Internet</ref> while writing his most recent novels<ref name=king/> prior to the onslaught of [[cancer]], which claimed his life at the age of 65 after an extended illness.<ref name=obit/>​

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King is survived by his son, Harold King III, ( born 1978), and grandson, Elijah King (born 2000), both of [[Lafayette]]; three brothers Richard Allen King (born 1947) of Shreveport, David M. King of Sarasota, [[Florida]], and Mark S. King of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and two sisters, Linda Conway and Nancy Lanzillotti and husband, David Lanzillotti, all of [[Bossier City]], Louisiana.  

King is survived by his son, Harold King III, ( born 1978), and grandson, Elijah King (born 2000), both of [[Lafayette]]; three brothers Richard Allen King (born 1947) of Shreveport, David M. King of Sarasota, [[Florida]], and Mark S. King of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and two sisters, Linda Conway and Nancy Lanzillotti and husband, David Lanzillotti, all of [[Bossier City]], Louisiana.