Harding was born in Prickwillow, a village near Ely, Cambridgeshire,[2] in 1951. He attended local schools before reading English Literature at St Catherine's College, Oxford. After university, he moved to London in 1974, where he worked for as a reporter for DC Thomson. After eventually becoming an editor for several popular magazines, Harding went freelance in 1985 to pursue his ambition of becoming a novelist.[3]
His first book novel, What We Did on Our Holiday was published in 2000. The book describes a man taking his father, who has advanced Parkinson's disease, on holiday to Malta.[4] It was adapted for TV in 2006 starring Shane Richie and Roger Lloyd-Pack.[2] Harding would go on to publish four more novels, spanning multiple genres.
Harding was married with two children, and lived in Richmond-upon-Thames.[2] He died in September 2017.[1]
