John Langan, has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Cape Community College near Atlantic City, Newjersey, for more than twenty-five years.The author ofa popular series ofcollege textbooks on both writing and reading,John enjoys the chall.enge ofdeveloping materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way Before teaching, he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Rowan University. He also spent a year writing fiction that, he says,"is now at the back ofa drawer waiting to be discovered and acclaimed posthumously " While in school, he supported himself by working as a truck driver, a machinist, a battery assembler, a hospital attendant, and an apple packer.John now lives with his wife, Judith Nadell, near Philadelphia. In addition to his wife and Philly sports teams, his passions include reading and turning on nonreaders to the pleasure and pow'er ofbooks.Through Townsend Press, his educational publishing company, he has developed the nonprofit "Townsend Library"-a collection of more than one hundred new and classic stories that appeal to readers of any age.

《美国大学英语写作（第九版）》是一部全面、系统、实用的英语写作教材，适合大学英语专业学生、非英语专业高年级学生以及其他希望提高英语写作水平的学习者使用。系统性强，详细介绍写作过程，讲解九种作文的方法，针对学生习作进行评析，并选用名家作品供分析和模仿。讲解大学阶段学术写作的常用体裁，如怎样写文章摘要、读书报告和研究论文等。范例丰富，实用性强。本书是作者集二十余年英语写作教学经验之大成，精心编写而成，已经数次再版，是历经锤炼的经典写作教材。本书提供各类网上辅助教学资源，便于学习者和教师使用。