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Julius Thompson
Julius Thompson is an American novelist best known for a novel trilogy which includes "A Brownstone in Brooklyn", "Philly Style and Philly Profile", and "The Ghost of Atlanta". He is currently a teacher at Redan High School and an adjunct professor at Emory University as well.

Background
Julius Thompson was born in Statham, GA. He later moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. He attended Bushwick High School. After high school, Thompson attended City College of New York and recieved his Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduating from CCNY, Thompson became a full-time sportswriter with The Philadelphia Bulletin. He worked for the newspaper from 1971 to 1982. After leaving the Philidelphia Bulletin, Thompson moved to Metro Atlanta where he currently resides. He teaches British Literature, American Literature, and Creative Writing courses at Redan High School as well as more Writing courses at Emory University during the evening.

The Trilogy
Julius Thompson published the first book of his trilogy "A Brownestone in Brooklyn" in 2001. "Philly Style and Philly Profile" was published in 2007, and "The Ghost of Atlanta" was recently published in 2009. The trilogy portrays the journey of Andy Michael Pilgrim through the sixties in Brooklyn, the seventies in Philidelphia, and the eighties in Atlanta. During his thirty year journey Andy discovers challenges that were faced by African Americans in the century.

Accomplishments
In 1977 Julius Thompson won the Associated Press Sports Editors Award. The award was a National sportswriting award given for the third-best sports story written during the year. Thompson is also apart of a panel of authors at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta, Georgia and the Gwinnett County Library System.

Additional Information
Thompson signed copies of "A Brownstone In Brooklyn" and "Philly Style & Philly Style" at the prestigious New York Is Book Country Festival in New York City, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, the AJC-Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia, the Gwinnett Reading Festival in Lawrenceville, Georgia and at the Miami Book Fair International in Miami, Florida. Julius had book signings in the following book stores: Barnes & Noble, Borders, Chapter 11, Books-A-Million and many others. Thompson was one of the speakers at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Creative Arts Fair in Brooklyn as well.