Brian Croasmun

Brian Croasmun began his teaching career in 1989 as a special education teacher at New Martinsville School. Three years later, he began teaching reading to 7th and 8th graders and has been there since. During his teaching career, he has coached baseball, football, basketball, softball, and soccer. In 2001, he filled in on a high school broadcast on local radio and has continued calling football, basketball, baseball, and softball. Brian has a degree in elementary education, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, and is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature. The Clemente Ball is his first novel.