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 on to a succession of roles in the community services sector.
Glenn’s first book was written in Kyogle – a history of the Shire, commissioned by the local 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 the publisher, CCH Australia (Wolters Kluwer). He spent more than 15 years writing on management issues, employment law, and training and development. He was the editor for the CCH publication Managing Training & Development and editor of its book, The Master Human Resources Guide, for several editions.
Glenn obtained a Master of Education (Online Education) from the University of Southern Queensland and has developed numerous online training programs for a variety of organisations, as well as educational courses in tertiary education institutions. He has designed and developed courses, and taught online.
For several years he worked at Western Sydney University as an instructional designer for online courses and staff 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. In 2023, he obtained a Diploma of Family History from the University of Tasmania.
He is engaged in writing books, as you can see in the “Timeline of Books”.