Bobby Hawthorne

Bobby Hawthorne is a writer and a popular instructor at scholastic journalism workshops and seminars. He has taught journalistic writing as well as literary non-fiction in almost every U.S. state as well as in the Netherlands, Romania, Czech Republic, and Hungary. He has been published in every national scholastic press association periodical and is the author of a number of textbooks, monographs and handbooks, including “The Radical Write,” a textbook on reporting and writing for student publications that is used nationwide.

He is also the author of “Longhorn Football: An Illustrated History” and “Home Field,” both published by the University of Texas Press. He’s received a number of prestigious awards, including the Gold Key and James Paschal Awards from the Columbia (University) Scholastic Press Association; and the Carl Towley Award from the Journalism Education Association, which is its highest honor.

He grew up in Northeast Texas, attended a small high school and then attended a huge state university (UT-Austin). He just turned 70, and "Debbie Number Three" is his first novel.