Writing the Journey: June 1999
John Coyne
jcoyne@mailserver.peacecorps.gov
John Coyne (Ethiopia 1962-1964), a graduate of Saint Louis University and Western Michigan University, was with the first group of Volunteers to Ethiopia and taught English in Addis Ababa. Later he was an Associate Peace Corps Director in Ethiopia and the Regional Manager of the New York Peace Corps Office. He has published eight novels and edited, among other books, Going Up Country: Travel Essays by Peace Corps Writers and Living On The Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers. In 1989 he founded RPCV Writers & Readers, a newsletter for and about Peace Corps writers. He lives in Pelham Manor, New York. In 1999 he developed the website: peacecorpswriters.org.
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Updated May 23, 1999