Richard Glaubman

Richard Glaubman graduated from University of California at Berkeley. His only formal writing class was the required English 101 that he finished during the last quarter of his senior year. But immediately following graduation he embarked on a writing career.

For three decades the rewards were not forthcoming and he held numerous jobs in restaurants, fished commercially in Alaska, planted trees in British Columbia and, worked in the construction industry. He has been teaching elementary school for 18 years.

After reading an article about George Dawson, a 98-year-old man just learning to read and write, Richard Glaubman began making regular visits to Mr. Dawson. The resulting collaboration led to the book Life Is So Good, published by Random House.

Richard Glaubman has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, the Discovery Health Channel, and numerous regional television and radio stations. His book has been reviewed by the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, the Washington Post, the LA Times, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and the Dallas Morning News, as well as many other publications. It has been a selection of both the Book of the Month Club and the Literary Guild.

By the charter of the University of the State of New York, the New School University awarded him a doctorate of Humane Letters "for outstanding achievement in the service of humankind". And Life Is So Good won the Christopher Award for writers whose work "affirms the highest values of the human spirit".