{"name": "John Harding", "personal_name": "Harding, John", "key": "/authors/OL671340A", "birth_date": "1946", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Publisher's blurb - \"John Harding lives and works in North London and has  written on a variety of topics ranging from literary and sporting  biography to cultural history and criticism. Past subjects include the  biographies of footballers Billy Meredith and Alex James, the boxer Jack  \u2018Kid\u2019 Berg and the poet and illustrator Ralph Hodgson. His book Sweetly  Sings Delaney was the first critical study of the life and work of  playwright Shelagh Delaney. He is the authorised historian of both the  Professional Footballers Association and the British Boxing Board of  Control and has written for a variety of publications including  Blizzard, The London Magazine, The Footballer, When Saturday Comes, 442,  as well as for radio and"}, "alternate_names": ["Harding, John"], "latest_revision": 2, "revision": 2, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-02-27T00:54:16.655449"}}