Michael Connolly

Mike Connolly lives with his wife, Brie Goolbis, in Hampstead, North Carolina.

Mike is the author of four books. His latest, ... but few are chosen: A Different Path to Coming of Age, co-authored with two former classmates, was published by Vandamere Press in July of 2018. His other books include What They Never Told Me in Principals’ School and Teaching Kids to Love Learning, Not Just Endure It, both published by Rowman and Littlefield and Young Enough to Change the World, co-authored with his wife Brie Goolbis, published by Kalindi Press in June 2015. His articles have appeared in numerous national and international journals.

Mike worked as a high school, middle school and upper elementary school principal in urban, suburban and rural school districts in the USA before going to work in prestigious international schools in Thailand, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and finally Vietnam. In 2007 he retired after 42 years in education to pursue his passion for writing.

Mike has delivered seminars and presented workshops in London, Thailand, Malaysia and the USA.

Mike is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell with a BA in English. He has a Masters Degree in American Literature from Salem State College and a Masters Degree in School Administration from Antioch New England College.

You can access my blogs and other information on my website: http://michaelrconnollyjr.weebly.com