Bernard F. Blanche

Bernard F. Blanche received a BS in Education from Villanova University in 1965. He served in the Peace Corps from June, 1965, until August, 1967, in Brazil. His teaching experiences range from high school English in Brazil, to reform school English instruction in PA, and to the Wissahickon School District in Ambler, PA, from which he retired in 1999. His writing credentials include articles written for The Norristown Times Herald, various professional educational articles in teaching magazines, speeches, poetry, and two published works and one in progress. Mr. Blanche has delivered numerous motivational speeches to audiences from grade school level through adult and groups numbering twelve to 1,500.

Author Bernard F. Blanche began writing while in college at Villanova University. Initially interested in short stories, his stint in the Peace Corps motivated some journal and diary writing. His first novel, Iracema’s Footprint, was published by Eloquent Books in April, 2010. The oral-story, Bonefish Bob: A Tribute, is his second published work by Strategic Books, August, 2011. He is presently working on Black Dad/White Dad.

Bernard and Dorothy, his wife of forty-three years, have four children. Bernard J. Blanche of Copper Hill, Tennessee, created the cover for Bonefish Bob, A Tribute. Rene' Fournier, their daughter, from Toronto, Canada, designed the cover for Iracema's Footprint. Jeremy M. Blanche resides in West Reading, Massachusetts. Stephen F. Blanche of Key Largo, Florida, participated in the oral-story of Robert E. Berger.