William graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1969. His Master of Arts in English from Stanford followed in 1971.
William Hobbs at home
William Hobbs
William in one of his adventures.
William riding horse.
William with his pupils
Wild beast.
Will's rufting.
In museum.
Will and eagle.
Will's fishing.
(A family trip to Mexico changes a cocky teenager's attitu...)
A family trip to Mexico changes a cocky teenager's attitudes as he becomes exposed to his brother's consuming interest in saving endangered species, to his parents' problems, and to his own selfishness.
https://www.amazon.com/Changes-Latitudes-Will-Hobbs/dp/0689313853/?tag=2022091-20
1988
(During the summer of 1962, fourteen-year-old Clay Lancast...)
During the summer of 1962, fourteen-year-old Clay Lancaster and his brother Mike set out to explore the West and search for their missing uncle, camping out in the desert, living among Navajos, falling in love, and rescuing their uncle, along the way.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Wander-Will-Hobbs/dp/0689317670/?tag=2022091-20
1992
(Jessie, Troy, and the rest of the crew from Downriver hav...)
Jessie, Troy, and the rest of the crew from Downriver have returned to the Grand Canyon for adventure down the Colorado River. In the year since they last were together, each has changed; each feels more mature. But how will they interact now that they are facing new challenges--challenges greater than anything they've had to deal with at home?
https://www.amazon.com/River-Thunder-Will-Hobbs/dp/0385323166/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washingto...)
After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse keeper, refuses to believe the authorities, who say there were no survivors. Unexplained footprints on a desolate beach, a theft at the trading post, and glimpses of a wild "hairy man" convince Nathan that someone is hiding in the remote sea caves along the coast. With his new friend, Lighthouse George, a fisherman from the famed Makah whaling tribe, Nathan paddles the fierce waters of the Pacific--fishing, hunting seals, searching for clues. Alone in the forest, Nathan discovers a ghostly canoe and a skeleton that may unlock the mystery of ancient treasure, betrayal and murder.
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Canoe-Will-Hobbs/dp/0688141935/?tag=2022091-20
1997
("Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all ...)
"Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!" Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins thousands of fellow prospectors attempting the difficult journey to the Klondike.
https://www.amazon.com/Jasons-Gold-Will-Hobbs/dp/0688150934/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desp...)
Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere.
https://www.amazon.com/Maze-Will-Hobbs/dp/038072913X/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(Amid the shouts and the cheers and the splashing of oars,...)
Amid the shouts and the cheers and the splashing of oars, it was pandemonium. "Nome or bust!" I yelled. In the shadow of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City is burning down, changing forever the lives of thousands in the Klondike goldfields. All the talk is of Nome, nearly two thousand miles away, where gold has been discovered in the beach sands. Jason Hawthorn is itching to join the new rush. He and his brothers have been cheated out of their sawmill, and Jason has vowed to buy it back. A race to Nome has been announced, with a $20,000 prize. Jason's partner in his canoe is the girl he loves, Jamie Dunavant, freshly returned from the States, as she promised she would. The Great Race across Alaska will be a grueling test for the two of them as they face the hazards of the Yukon River, two very dangerous men Jason has reason to fear, and the terrors of the open sea. Only their combined skills, courage, and mutual devotion can pull them through.
https://www.amazon.com/Down-Yukon-Will-Hobbs/dp/0688174728/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(The land was slipping away, the wind was howling, and I w...)
The land was slipping away, the wind was howling, and I was in a world of trouble. 0n the last day of a sea kayak trip in southeast Alaska, fourteen-year-old Andy Galloway paddles away from the group. He's on a mission of the heart. His father, an archeologist, died only a few miles away. A sudden gale propels Andy across the strait. He swims ashore, freezing and barefoot, onto Admiralty Island, an immense wilderness of forests, rain, and bears.
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Man-Island-Will-Hobbs/dp/0688174736/?tag=2022091-20
2002
("Mayday! Landed on river. Engine out. Floating toward the...)
"Mayday! Landed on river. Engine out. Floating toward the falls." When the engine of their float plane fails during a water landing near the head of Canada's monumental Virginia Falls, what began as a sightseeing detour turns into a survival mission for two high-school students and their elderly companion.
https://www.amazon.com/Far-North-Will-Hobbs/dp/0060540966/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold Fourteen-year-old C...)
A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm. In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear.
https://www.amazon.com/Bearstone-Will-Hobbs/dp/068987071X/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Saving The Last Grizzlies As this action-packed sequel to...)
Saving The Last Grizzlies As this action-packed sequel to Bearstone opens, Cloyd Atcitty and his rancher friend Walter Landis are heading back into the mountains, this time chasing the old man's dream of finding a lost Spanish gold mine. But when Cloyd hears that a mother grizzly and her cubs have been sighted nearby, he immediately hopes it might be the mate of the bear he had tried to save from a hunter the previous summer. When the mother bear dies in a tragic accident, Cloyd realizes that if her cubs don't survive, grizzlies will disappear from Colorado forever. He refuses to leave the cubs, determined to stay with them until they can den. But with winter deepening in the mountains, can Cloyd himself survive?
https://www.amazon.com/Beardance-Will-Hobbs/dp/0689870728/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Tep Jones has always felt the magic of Picture House, an ...)
Tep Jones has always felt the magic of Picture House, an Anasazi cliff dwelling near the seed farm where he lives with his parents. But he could never have imagined what would happen to him on the night of a lunar eclipse, when he finds a bone flute left behind by grave robbers.
https://www.amazon.com/Kokopellis-Flute-Will-Hobbs/dp/1416902503/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, sixteen-y...)
Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels jumps at the chance to work as a deckhand on a salmon troller captained by legendary fisherman Tor Torsen. Catching king salmon from dawn till dusk, Robbie is living his dream -- until he discovers his mysterious captain's dark secret. Tor is illegally searching the coastline for historic metal plaques buried by early Russian explorers. When Robbie learns the value of these hidden treasures, he fears he may know too much tosurvive. Tor's wrath and a violent storm at sea put Robbie's courage and wits to the ultimate test.
https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Protection-Will-Hobbs/dp/0380733129/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(In this riveting, action-packed novel from award-winning ...)
In this riveting, action-packed novel from award-winning author Will Hobbs, a teenage boy hoping to help his loved ones must fight for his life as he makes the dangerous journey across the Mexican border into the United States.
https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Wire-Will-Hobbs/dp/0060741384/?tag=2022091-20
2006
(A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South D...)
A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South Dakota... Brady Steele watches in awe as a fireball comes crashing through the roof of his house. Brady immediately calls up his cousin, Quinn. They both love all things extreme, and this is the most extreme thing ever.
https://www.amazon.com/Go-Big-Home-Will-Hobbs/dp/0060741414/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(Deep in trouble, Deep in the canyons Fourteen-year-old Dy...)
Deep in trouble, Deep in the canyons Fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands has come all the way from North Carolina to Big Bend National Park, on the Texas/Mexico border, to paddle the fabled Rio Grande. His partner in adventure is a local river rat, his cousin Rio. As the two are packing their boats for ten days in the canyons, six Black Hawk helicopters appear overhead and race across the river into Mexico.
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Me-River-Will-Hobbs/dp/0060741449/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(Will Hobbs’s classic tale of whitewater adventure is back...)
Will Hobbs’s classic tale of whitewater adventure is back in print with an exciting new look. No adults, no permit, no river map. After fifteen-year-old Jessie gets sent to Discovery Unlimited, an outdoor education program, she and six companions “borrow” the company’s rafting gear and take off down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on their own. Floating beneath sheer red walls, camping on white sand beaches, and exploring caves and waterfalls, Jessie and the others are having the time of their lives—at first. But when they’re pursued by helicopters, they boldly push on into the black-walled inner gorge, the heart of the Grand Canyon, only to encounter huge rapids, bone-chilling rain, injuries, and conflict within the group. What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure?
https://www.amazon.com/Downriver-Will-Hobbs/dp/1442445475/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(In this fast-paced adventure story set in the Canadian ar...)
In this fast-paced adventure story set in the Canadian arctic, fifteen-year-old Inuit hunter Nick Thrasher comes face-to-face with a fearsome creature on a routine caribou hunt gone wrong. Part grizzly, part polar bear, this environmental mutant has been pegged the “grolar bear” by wildlife experts. Nick may have escaped this time, but it won’t be his last encounter.
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-Die-Will-Hobbs/dp/006170878X/?tag=2022091-20
2013
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(During the summer of 1962, fourteen-year-old Clay Lancast...)
1992(Saving The Last Grizzlies As this action-packed sequel to...)
2004(After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washingto...)
1997(In this riveting, action-packed novel from award-winning ...)
2006(A family trip to Mexico changes a cocky teenager's attitu...)
1988(Deep in trouble, Deep in the canyons Fourteen-year-old Dy...)
2011(In this fast-paced adventure story set in the Canadian ar...)
2013(Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, sixteen-y...)
2005(Tep Jones has always felt the magic of Picture House, an ...)
2005(Jessie, Troy, and the rest of the crew from Downriver hav...)
1997(A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold Fourteen-year-old C...)
2004(Will Hobbs’s classic tale of whitewater adventure is back...)
2012(The land was slipping away, the wind was howling, and I w...)
2002(Amid the shouts and the cheers and the splashing of oars,...)
2001(Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desp...)
1999(A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South D...)
2008("Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all ...)
1999("Mayday! Landed on river. Engine out. Floating toward the...)
2004