Randy
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Location | Joplin, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | I am a former teacher in the Joplin and Diamond, Missouri, school districts. Before entering the teaching field, I spent 22 years as a reporter and editor for various Southwest Missouri newspapers. I have published three novels, Small Town News, Devil's Messenger, and No Child Left Alive, and seven non-fiction books, The Turner Report, Newspaper Days, Silver Lining in a Funnel Cloud, Greed, Corruption, and the Joplin Tornado, 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Scars from the Tornado and Let Teachers Teach. |
| Interests | Teaching, journalism, writing fiction, including three novels, No Child Left Alive," "Devil's Messenger" and "Small Town News," reading, writing non-fiction, and singing with the band, Natural Disaster. |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, All the President's Men, To Sir With Love,the 1957 Teacher's Pet, anything with Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn or Sidney Poitier. |
| Favorite music | Roy Orbison, Rick Nelson, Elvis, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Righteous Brothers, Johnny Rivers, Marty Robbins |
| Favorite books | All the President's Men, The Powers that Be, To Kill a Mockingbird, Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Portrait of Jennie |