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| Wayne Thomas Batson
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| Biography | Wayne Thomas Batson was born in Seabrook, MD in 1968. During the early years he tortured his older brothers and sisters, doing those things that only younger siblings can do to get on your nerves.
He attended Gabriel DuVal Senior High School and wrote this for his Yearbook
Senior Goals: To become a professional writer or artist. During the high school and early college years, he played lead guitar for a rock band called "Contagious." They were catchy, but apparently not enough to get a record deal.
Having completed the rigorous Holmes English Literature Curriculum, he graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1991. In 1996, he received his first graduate degree in Counseling. He has continued his studies with 36 credit hours of graduate-level Reading courses.
Wayne Thomas Batson has spent the last fifteen years teaching Reading and English to middle schools students. He pioneered the active instruction of Strategic Reading in Anne Arundel County and has written Reading and English Curricula for Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, and Howard County Public Schools. Most recently, he helped develop the Challenge Reading Curriculum for advanced readers in Howard County, Maryland.
Wayne Thomas Batson lives in Eldersburg with his beautiful wife of eleven years and his four wonderful young children. Besides dividing his time between family, teaching, and writing, he likes to read, golf, play PS2, travel to the beach, play electric guitar, and create 3D artwork.
The Door Within is Batson’s first novel length work in publication and is the first of a planned epic trilogy for readers 10 thru adult. | | | | | | Isle of Swords | (1 reviews) | | Isle of Swords | (2 reviews)  | | isle of swords |  | | Isle of Fire | (2 reviews)  | | | | | Door Within Trilogy | | | Rise of the Wyrm Lord | (2 reviews) | | The Final Storm | (3 reviews) | | | | | Other | | | The Door Within | (2 reviews) | | | | News | 2007-07-07 New: Wayne Batson forum
| | | | Official sffworld.com reviews |
 Wayne Batson's latest novel is a slight departure from his fantasy trilogy, but only slight. Does his swashbuckling pirate novel temper Rob's storm? |
 Wayne Batson brings Aidan Thomas's story to a close in this, the concluding volume of his epic Door Within Trilogy. |
 Wayne Batson's otherworldly fantasy of virtue and faith continues. |
 Aidan Thomas discovers a magical world when his family moves across the country in Wayne Thomas Batson's debut novel, The Door Within. |
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