Virginia Howard

VIRGINIA HOWARD, who earned BA and MA degrees from the University of Alabama, is an editor/web-designer at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, and is founder and editor of THEMA literary journal, a theme-related short story/poetry magazine.  She and her sister-in-law, Gail Howard, are the authors of Death by Unches (Hilliard and Harris, 2003) and Death by the Reel (Hilliard and Harris, 2005), written in collaboration under the pseudonym “H. O. Ward.”  The third book in the series is under development. Her duties at LSU include producing full-color artwork, featuring tigers, for the alumni holiday greeting card each year.

ART SAMPLES

PUBLICATIONS

Picture Books illustration

Timothy Hubble and the King Cake Party, by Anita Prieto (Pelican Publishing Company, 2009)

Books

Death by the Reel, mystery by H.O. Ward (pseudonym for Virginia Howard and Gail Howard), Hilliard & Harris, in press 2005

Death by Unches, mystery by H.O. Ward (pseudonym for Virginia Howard and Gail Howard), Hilliard & Harris, 2003

(editor) A Sketch in Time: A Young Girl's Diary of the 1920 Frank Reaugh Sketch Trip to the Grand Canyon, from the diary of Virginia Goerner, Moccasin Rock Press, 2003

Articles

In praise of St. Jerome. Verbatim, vol XIV, No. 1, Summer 1987, pp. 18-19.

The pearl of Hex. Verbatim, vol XI, No. 3, Winter 1985, pp. 5-6.

Testimonial to Joan Ann Boynt. Distributed by Dr. Paul H. Curtiss, Jr., editor of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, to Associate Editors and Consultant Reviewers of that journal (November 1981).

Mankin/Howard correspondence.  Medical Communications 9:93-99,1981.

A pooh-poohey. Verbatim, vol VII, No. 1, Summer 1980, pp. 5-6.

AE or not AE, that is the quaestion.  Medical Communications 7:89-92, 1979. (Reproduced in On Medical Communications, E. Schwager, ed., Monograph Series 1, American Medical Writers Association, 1982.)

We switch you now to.... TV Guide, 1964.

Short stories appearing in THEMA Literary Journal (issue title in italics)

Miss Fortune, Fortune Cookies 1:1 autumn, 1988; Fortune Cookie, Fortune Cookies 1:1 autumn, 1988; Wilfred's Revenge, A Train Wreck Involving a Circus 1:2 winter, 1988/1989; The Knoll Behind the Hedge, Reginald Stood Too Close to the Edge..., 1:3 spring 1989; The Reader, Reginald Stood Too Close to the Edge..., 1:3 spring 1989; Dinner at the Ritz, A Fragrance Remembered, 1:4, summer 1989; The Court's Decision, Miz Martha Say She Quittin', 2:1 autumn 1989; Dear Caveman, A Letter to an Ancient 2:2 winter, 1989/1990; Sand Script, Teacups in the Sand, 2:3 spring 1990.