Author: Steven Verrier
Steven Verrier, born in the United States and raised in Canada, has spent much of his life living and traveling abroad. He is the author of Raising a Child to be Bilingual and Bicultural, a prizewinning book published bilingually in Japan, and several short student-market dramatic works performed at a variety of locations. His novels, Tough Love, Tender Heart and Plan B, were published in 2008 and 2010, and his nonfiction book, Class Struggle: Journal of a Teacher In Up to His Ears, raised a few eyebrows following its publication in 2011. Currently Steve is living primarily in San Antonio, Texas, though he still likes to get around.
Steve has always had a lot of interests. With graduate degrees from Columbia and the University of Iowa, he’s worked as a high school teacher and a college instructor, an editor and a musician, a laborer and group home attendant, and plenty more. Among his interests are issues relating to health care and healthy living. For more information about Steven Verrier, please visit his website. |
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