Robert Thompson
Author, Illustrator | Westfield, MA, USA |
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After spending four years in the U. S. Air Force, R. W. Thompson received his B. S. in Education from Westfield State University before embarking on a career teaching U. S. History, World History, Latin America History and World Geography at the middle school level for fifteen years. During that time period he earned his Master of Educatio.... more
After spending four years in the U. S. Air Force, R. W. Thompson received his B. S. in Education from Westfield State University before embarking on a career teaching U. S. History, World History, Latin America History and World Geography at the middle school level for fifteen years. During that time period he earned his Master of Educational Administration degree and served as an elementary principal in a school with grades K-8 for seventeen years. He is now retired and lives with his wife in Westfield, MA.
Upon retiring, he entered his second career as a children's author and illustrator. He has currently published five picture books and one middle grades chapter book. They are published by Create Space publishing and are available on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, The Blue Umbrella Bookstore, 2 Main St, Westfield, MA, and The Rinnova Arts Building on Elm St in Westfield.
He also has had several articles and short stories published in SOUTHWOODS; A journal for Country Living and poems published by The National Library of Poetry