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Biography of Fritz Galt
Fritz Galt has lived much of his life abroad while writing
about his experiences in the diplomatic community. He co-published The SUN,
a worldwide newsletter for and about Foreign Service spouses, and
co-founded Tales from a Small Planet, a webzine for people living abroad.
Married to a career diplomat, Mr. Galt has worked abroad in American,
Canadian, and Argentine embassies.
In early childhood, he lived in Havana, Cuba, until
Fidel Castro "nationalized" his family's belongings. Having a
Swiss-born and ñeducated mother, Mr. Galt has spent many summers and
winters in Switzerland.
Raised in Illinois, Mr. Galt attended the University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he earned a Bachelor's degree in
Rhetoric and Composition, Psychology, and English and American Literature
with a minor in Film and Cinematography.
Following graduate study in the MFA Creative Writing Program
at San Francisco State University, Mr. Galt moved to Chicago and pursued a
career in social studies textbook writing and editing.
From 1985-2000, he worked in the computer field and wrote
mass-market, non-fiction books on such subjects as the Internet, UNIX,
Windows, and Microsoft Office.
Since marrying a career foreign service officer, Mr. Galt has
followed his wife on assignments to Yugoslavia, Taiwan, India, and China,
where they raise their two children.
Since
1991, Mr. Galt has written humorous articles for The SUN, co-published The
SUN, and started up Tales from a Small Planet, an online publication for people
living abroad.
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Biography
of Fritz Galt
Fritz Galt has lived much of
his life abroad while writing about his experiences in the diplomatic community.
He co-published The SUN, a worldwide newsletter for and about Foreign
Service spouses, and co-founded Tales from a Small Planet, a webzine for
people living abroad. Married to a career diplomat, Mr. Galt has worked
abroad in American, Canadian, and Argentine embassies.
In early childhood, he lived
in Havana, Cuba, until Fidel Castro "nationalized" his family's
belongings. Having a Swiss-born and ñeducated mother, Mr. Galt has spent
many summers and winters in Switzerland.
Raised in Illinois, Mr. Galt
attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he earned a
Bachelor's degree in Rhetoric and Composition, Psychology, and English and
American Literature with a minor in Film and Cinematography.
Following graduate study in
the MFA Creative Writing Program at San Francisco State University, Mr.
Galt moved to Chicago and pursued a career in social studies textbook
writing and editing.
From 1985-2000, he worked in
the computer field and wrote mass-market, non-fiction books on such subjects
as the Internet, UNIX, Windows, and Microsoft Office.
Since marrying a career
foreign service officer, Mr. Galt has followed his wife on assignments to
Yugoslavia, Taiwan, India, and China, where they raise their two children.
Since 1991, Mr. Galt has written
humorous articles for The SUN, co-published The SUN, and started up Tales from a
Small Planet, an online publication for people living abroad.
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