Mark Lawton Thomas

Mark Lawton Thomas was born in Savannah , Georgia . After graduating from the University of Georgia , Mr. Thomas worked as a copy writer for various advertising agencies first in Atlanta , and then Manhattan . Eventually, he returned to the South and began writing a weekly column for Creative Loafing and voicing them for Georgia Public Radio. Somehow he found time to edit Contents magazine, an award-winning quarterly, as well. Presently, Mr. Thomas is involved in his most challenging job to date …teaching 6th grade language arts in Atlanta . When he isn’t teaching his little heart out, grading essays with his trusty, red Sharpie, or working on his next book, Mr. Thomas can be found fast asleep on a couch somewhere in Buckhead.