Author: Bill Hern

Since retiring from the British Civil Service in 2016 Bill, from Sunderland, England, has developed a passion for researching and writing about black history.

A regular visitor to Barbados, Bill has visited and written about each of the World War I Commonwealth War Graves on the island.

“Football’s Black Pioneers: The Stories of the First Black Players to Represent the 92 League Clubs” is Bill Hern’s first major published work and has recorded sales across the world. Football’s Black Pioneers was co-authored with David Gleave.

Bill Hern and David Gleave are also co-authors of “What about the Princess?: The life and times of Mona Baptiste” – a biography of Mona Baptiste a Trinidadian singer/actress who came to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.

Continuing on the Windrush theme Bill is currently writing a pen picture of each of the 1,027 passengers, plus stowaways, who travelled on the Windrush in 1948.

As a by-product of this work, Bill co-authored “Windrush 75 – Pioneers and Champions” with Arthur Torrington of the Windrush Foundation. E-copies of this book are available free from the Windrush Foundation’s website.