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Jim Sullivan
Major: English

Following the success of his book Over the Moat, this writer now runs Mandarin Media, a public relations firm that publicizes travel to Southeast Asia. Read more »

Tina Constable
Major: English

This English major turned her love of books into a career in publishing—as vice president and publisher of Crown Publishing Group. Read more »

Linda Greenlaw
Occupation: Writing

Fisherman or author? A swordboat captain returns to the sea and discovers that she's still seaworthy. Read more »

Geoff Becker
Occupation: Education, Writing
Major: English

An M.F.A. from Iowa Writers Workshop, a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Literary Fellowship, a tenured job teaching creative writing at Towson University, two published novels and two books of short stories are some measures of this fiction writer's success. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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