Robert Booth's op-ed columns have appeared in metro daily newspapers throughout the US. While editor and publisher of two weekly newspapers in rural Georgia, he was awarded a first place for editorial writing in the Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade competition. He later traveled extensively throughout the world for over a decade while recruiting international students to attend secondary schools in North America. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he has earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College and now resides in Surrey, British Columbia.