Anthony Bachman, the author of all these works, has been an 8thgrade English teacher for the Spring Grove Area School District for four decades, a Christian by faith for five decades, and currently is experiencing his sixth decade of life.
A graduate of William Penn Sr. High School (1967), Elizabethtown College (’71) with a B.A. in English in Secondary Education, Shippensburg University (’73) with a M.S. in Instructional Communication, and Christian International School of Theology (’99) with a M.A. in Biblical Studies, Bachman’s life has been saturated in learning endeavors.
Raised in the Church of the Brethren, Bachman has also participated in birthing an inner city church, aiding in a Mennonite church plant, leading a small home group church, as well as being a youth coordinator for a city wide Evangelistic Crusade, and a coordinator for Lay Witness Missions through the United Methodist Church throughout the mid-Atlantic states. He has also participated in mission trips to Jamaica and South Africa. Bachman has also authored the book I Was A Stranger And….Recently he has also taught the Family to Family course through NAMI, National Association for the Mentally Ill in his home town, and was honored as Spring Grove Area School District's "2010-2011 Teacher of the Year".
Married over thirty years, Anthony and Debra, having raised three children Benjamin, Jason, and Kylah, currently resides in Dover, Pennsylvania. Anthony, retiring in 2001 after a 40 year career of teaching 8th grade English at Spring Grove Area School District, has become active in social networking.

