De stichtende literaire figuren

Danielle, the author's goddaughter and his inspiration for writing The Red Well-Read Reader. When grownup, she translated half of the book’s stories into Español Mexicano. She and her husband have three lovely daughters, all of whom started to read both English and Spanish at the tender age of 3. In 2016 Danielle became a practicing lawyer and a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Philip, the author’s "nephew" and bosom buddy growing up, is today a commercial airplane pilot and formerly the chairman of Spirit Airlines Government Affairs!

Brian, the author's nephew and "bestest buddy," is Totally Literate in English and literate to various degrees in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Hindi. He is the founder and president of Mine Life which is a collaborative database for investors in mining industries.

Brighid Eileen is a mother of three daughters. She attended the University of Notre Dame, as did her mother and father. Today she is the assistant principal of Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School in Bethesda, Maryland where her mother was the principal till recently.

These siblings were / are apt students indeed. They are the children of Terrence and Patricia McGann, and cousins of Brian McGann.

Captian McGann, a West Point grad, served in the Special Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and speaks the Afghani language, Pashto. Today Brendon is a business executive and serves actively in the Army Reserves. He's the lucky husband of a pretty woman with whom they have three lovely daughters.

Eva, collaborating with Danielle, translated TRWRR's stories into Castilian Spanish. She is a native Spaniard now living in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Her congeniality and professionalism was and is greatly appreciated. Besides running a translation service, she does pro-bono work as an interpreter for "documented" Mexican immigrants.

Thomas is the son of handicapped parents. He and the author have known one another ever since the boy was born. In first grade, he was given a copy of TRWRR, and with help of neighbors and friends, he learned to read. Although oft encouraged to take up acting, he opted to pursue his academic interests and enter the business world instead.

Thomas, author of TRWRR and founder of Totally Literate, served in the Army in Vietnam with a recon unit. A few years after military service, he began writing TRWRR. Then after acquiring necessary teaching credentials, he began teaching in NYC. To get the full scope of the reading problem, he taught children in every grade—from 1st to 12th—plus adults in night school.