Bob Boone
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Bob Boone started teaching in 1964. He has taught in Staten Island, Germany, Highland Park, and Chicago. In 1991, he founded Young Chicago Authors to provide opportunities for young writers from the city. He has written several textbooks, a teaching memoir, and a sports biography. Along with coauthoring Write Through Chicago, he and Mark Henry Larson have written two other creative writing books, Moe’s Cafe and Joan’s Junk Shop. Forest High is his first work of fiction, and Back to Forest High is his second. A writer, teacher, and editor, Boone has contributed to The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, Confluence, The Willow Review, and other journals, magazines and newspapers. Bob’s first book, a biography of baseball star Hack Wilson, was published in 1978. He was also a consultant for the movie Hoop Dreams. In 2002, Boone was named Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago magazine.
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