William Ledbetter is a New Jersey-based writer and business executive. Six Weeks: A Literary Memoir, his debut book, received the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards Gold Award, won the 2026 PenCraft Book Awards for Best Nonfiction-Autobiography, and was named Memoir Runner-Up at the 2026 New York Book Festival.Over the course of his career, he has worked as both a CPA and an IT executive in large, complex organizations. He wrote Six Weeks to fulfill a final promise to his sister Nancy, as a reflection on meeting hardship with a blend of duty and grace, and as a testament to the quiet, devoted love of those who surrounded her in hospice-the kind that shows up, stays, and does the work. He lives in New Jersey with his family.