John F. Savage began his professional career as a classroom teacher. He received his doctorate from Boston University and joined the faculty of Boston College, where he has served as Coordinator of the Graduate Reading Program for the past 30 years. Dr. Savage has written five professional books on reading and language arts, including Teaching Reading and Writing: Combining Skills, Strategies, and Literature (McGraw-Hill, 1998) and For the Love of Literature: Children and Books in the Elementary Years (McGraw-Hill, 2000). He has also authored a children’s trade book on dyslexia, scores of professional articles, and other material that ranges from newspaper columns to stories in basal… reading programs. He has also designed several instructional programs for classroom use. A popular speaker, John Savage has conducted workshops all over the United States, in Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia, where he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar.