W. Royce Adams

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W. Royce Adams, professor emeritus of English from Santa Barbara City College in California, received his BA in Liberal Arts from Washington University in St. Louis,Missouri and a Masters in English from California State University, Long Beach. He is past-president of the College Reading and Learning Association. During his teaching career, he wrote over twenty textbooks dealing with reading, composition, and study skills. After retirement, he began writing middle-grade and juvenile novels for young readers who find reading difficult. As of late, he had turned his attention to publishing short stories for adults. His works have appeared in The Rockford Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Catamaran, In the Depths, Coe Review, Chaffey Review, Adelaide, and bosque.

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Best American Essays 2017*

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