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Cecily Von Ziegesar
Occupation: Writing
Major: English

Gossip Girl? The TV show is based on books by this Colby alumna, who was writing a new book about a small liberal arts college in Maine. Hmmm. Read more »

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Major: Government

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializes in political biography. Her book on Lincoln, Team of Rivals, has been cited by Barack Obama and The Daily Show. Read more »

Gary Lawless
Occupation: Business, Writing

Read about the owner of The Gulf of Maine Bookstore on Maine Street in downtown Brunswick. It'ss the kind of place where, to paraphrase Robert Frost, when you go there you want to read a book. Read more »

Gerry Hadden
Occupation: Writing
Major: German

A first person essay reflects on how times and people change—and how a liberal arts education serves one well. Read more »

Jay Gallagher
Major: Government

A former Echo sports editor wields the power of the pen to tweak the establishment as bureau chief for Gannett News Service in Albany, N.Y. Read more »

Kristin Herbster
Occupation: Arts, Writing

The creator of a word-and-image exhibit titled "Reproducing Motherhood," exhibited at Stanford, this artist has a second project titled "Inheritance." Read more »

Matt Apuzzo
Occupation: Writing
Major: Biology

A Q&A with a former Echo editor who quickly worked his way up to be a national legal affairs correspondent for the Associated Press. Read more »

Meghann Foye

Sometimes a Jan Plan internship can launch a career. Read how this deputy editor for Seventeen magazine got her big break in a Echo profile by Lindsay Putnam '12. Read more »

Robert B. Parker
Occupation: Writing
Major: English

This prolific and popular author, who created the Spenser, Sunny Randall, and Jesse Stone series, has written more than 60 books. His Web site's brief bio notes that Colby is his alma mater. Read more »

Robert Scott
Occupation: Education, Writing
Major: Music

This longtime educator is living, quite seriously, in a fantasy world. The principal of Brentsville District High School, he also writes fantasy novels.  Read more »

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