Personal profile

Glenn Martin was born in Sydney in 1950, and grew up there. He went to university and studied Engineering and then Arts, but left both times without completing a degree. He obtained a Teacher’s Certificate and commenced teaching in high schools. After a motor cycle accident, he recovered and left Sydney for Mackay, Queensland in 1975. He taught high school there for two years.

He moved to Kyogle on the far north coast of New South Wales and stayed there for 20 years. Originally in search of an alternative community and a back-to-the-earth life style, he became re-engaged in work, teaching high school again before moving to a succession of positions in the community services sector.

Glenn’s first book was written in Kyogle – a history of the shire commissioned by the local shire council. It was followed by a history of the local public school for its centenary. Glenn returned to university and completed a Bachelor of Business with first class honours at Southern Cross University.

Glenn returned to live in Sydney in 1997, taking a job as writer/editor at CCH Australia. He spent more than 15 years writing on management issues, employment law, and training and development. He was the editor for the publication Managing Training & Development and, for several editions, of the book, The Master Human Resources Guide.

Glenn obtained a Master of Education (Online Education) from the University of Southern Queensland and has worked on numerous online training programs for a variety of organisations, and educational courses in tertiary education institutions, designing and developing, and teaching.

For several years he worked at Western Sydney University as an instructional designer for online courses and training programs, including at The College.

Glenn lives in the north-western suburbs of Sydney. He has an old house that is comfortable, a library and a garden. He has five children (grown) and four grandchildren. He is engaged in writing books, as you can see in the “Timeline of Books”.