William Hammes

William Hammes currently lives in Thousand Oaks, California, with his wife, Laila, and their daughter, Emma. Before writing, Bill attended San Bernardino Valley College, where his passion for extreme exotic architecture was nurtured. One of his instructors told him, "Bill, you're never going to be an architect until you learn to build what you are designing." He took that to heart, and one of his first construction projects was working on the Bob Hope residence in Palm Springs, designed by the famed architect John Lautner. After a short stay in John Lautner's office, he continued in the construction field, working on three more homes for Lautner, including John's most famous and wildest, the Allen Levy residence in Malibu. One of Bill's favorite projects was the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, in Pan Pacific Park, California, a twisting underground concrete structure designed by Hagy Belzberg. Bill is currently working on a Spanish Revival Home in Hidden Valley, California and is a consultant on many other current projects in and around Los Angeles, California. As a Superintendent of Construction, Bill is often an expert on concrete repair and manipulation. Bill is known all over Southern and Central California for his extensive knowledge and creativity with concrete.

After receiving encouragement from Diane English (of Murphy Brown fame), Bill has written three novels in the Last Minute Redemption series, two children's books, several allegories, and a screenplay-with the novel: An Apology Gone Horribly Wrong being the first to be published.

Bill is also very involved in his local church, which feeds his second writing passion, contemporary Christian allegories. Bill and Laila's home away from home is any campground along their way, which is Bill's favorite place to write.

You may view Bill's architectural projects and get information on all of his writings on his website: www.whhammes.com.