John Coyne
John Coyne 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. In 1989, he founded RPCV Writers & Readers, a newsletter for and about Peace Corps volunteers. He is the author of more than 25 nonfiction and fiction books, and edited, among other books, Going Up Country : Travel Essays by Peace Corps Writers . He currently lives in Pelham Manor...See more
John Coyne 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. In 1989, he founded RPCV Writers & Readers, a newsletter for and about Peace Corps volunteers. He is the author of more than 25 nonfiction and fiction books, and edited, among other books, Going Up Country : Travel Essays by Peace Corps Writers . He currently lives in Pelham Manor, New York, with his wife and son, where he works in communications and edits PeaceCorpsWriters.org. See less
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