Peter Owens is a journalist, writer, software designer, and Web developer visiting Nottingham Trent University from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he is a professor in the Professional Writing MA Program. He is the editor and publisher of KidNews, an on-line magazine that has published writing by over 5000 children around the world. He has designed several nationally award-winning software programs for the teaching of writing, has published hundreds of news stories and features for American newspapers and magazines, and placed fiction in various U.S. literary magazines. He earned his doctorate and masters degrees at Harvard University and several years ago was selected 'teacher of the year' at his UMass Dartmouth campus.
Peter Owens
English Department
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
North Dartmouth
MA 02747, USA