Biography of Henry R. Harvey

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Henry Harvey graduated from Franklin and Marshall College where he majored in philosophy. He was accepted pre-law at Columbia, but then, flew jet fighters in the US Air Force. It seemed a logical progression at the time.

While stationed in Japan, Harvey began experimenting, creating sculptures out of metal using a torch. His interest quickly became a passion and he and his wife, Pamela, moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he opened a small sculpting gallery. He eventually moved to Pennsylvania, opened a large gallery and began expanding his techniques and his talent.

Schiffer Publishing came out with A Passion for Metal, chronicling Harvey’s life as a sculptor and recently with a second book, A Universe of Metal Sculpture, chronicling Harvey’s major abstracts and outdoor installations world-wide.

Growing up with a father, who was a best-selling writer, a very young Henry Harvey swore that the last thing on the planet that he wanted to do was write, because he had witnessed how painful writing was for his dad. But then, something happened. He read a small book, entitled, Illusions, by Richard Bach and decided to take-up the challenge. After the obligatory, “five-in-the-basement” where he honed his writing skills, Harvey wrote a novel called Potter’s Mill. He won an award for his screenplay of Potter’s Mill, and then it was optioned for a movie by Polygram… and recently re-optioned by White Water Films.

Other novels followed. Playing on the Black Keys, The Antlers Inn, Peace Sign, Saphos Assassin, Black Dog Gallery and Requiem for a Small Planet to name a few. 37 Cents a Fart…and Other Infamous Animal Stories, his latest book from Schiffer Publishing, is a grown-up book about animals…warts and all.

Harvey has also invented/patented many devices outside the world of sculpting, including Omega Shock, a new approach to bicycle suspensions, Dragon Chess, a variation of regular chess, Dragon Teeth, an improved wall hanger, Aardvark, an improved snow shovel, and a new board game called You’re a Genius. Most recently, the Tiger Rake, which is a total ground-up reinvention of the raking.

books by henry harvey

  • Peace Sign
    The vast majority of the baby boomers didn’t go to Woodstock and didn’t come back in a body bag. They...
  • Humpy Humpy
    What is remedial boinking? You’re about to find out. Cogito Ergo…huh? I forgot what cogito...
  • Pissing in the Wind
    In the blink of an eye, Joe Whitford slipped through the psychic crack that is New York...
  • The Wrong End of the Telescope
    Mrs. Davis was everyone’s favorite teacher. She always fought the system, even at the end, when her...
  • 37 Cents a Fart
    They fart, they play you for a sucker, they hump your leg, they get sick, and sometimes...
  • A Passion For Metal
    Henry Harvey takes you behind the scenes of what it's like to be a sculptor....
  • A Universe of Metal Sculpture
    Henry Harvey's delightful and scintillating writing style presents his universe of sculpting and divulges secrets and tips...
  • Black Dog Gallery
    Karl Sheppard is at the end of his rope. No…not that kind of rope. He’s been...
  • Carver’s Mill
    Harvey’s funny and bittersweet novel follows the life of Bert Emmerling, Carver’s Mill’s one and only veterinarian....
  • I’m Only Two People
    When Andrea Halter starts seeing a psychiatrist, things don’t get better, they get worse. ...
  • Playing on the Black Keys
    In the animal kingdom, fathers sometimes eat their children, much to the chagrin of the mothers....
  • The Antlers Inn
    They’ve lost their house, their jobs, and now they are at wit’s end answering an ad for...
  • Lord of the Mill
    A strange man clanks and clatters in the alleyways at four in the morning, picking up the...
  • Requiem for a Small Planet
    He was at the top of a skyscraper in Manhattan, staring out the window when the mile-high...
  • Saphos Assassin, a novel by author Henry Harvey
    Saphos Assassin
    One-by-one the anchors are being murdered on the air during prime time. It’s impossible to trace or...
  • The First
    When Christopher Knowles awakens in a hospital to discover that his body has been crushed in an...
  • Poontango
    It was just a matter of time before Tom Bacon was excommunicated from the family....
All books by Henry Harvey