Richard D. Bank (Dresher, PA) is a veteran author, writing instructor, and attorney. He has taught writing and publishing courses at University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Rosemont College, and numerous writers conferences. He is the author of five nonfiction books and has published more than 100 articles, reviews, opinion pieces, essays, and memoirs in a vast array of publications across the country. As an attorney, Bank fields questions from writers such as copyright, libel, and privacy law. He offers services to writers as a writers coach at www.richbankwriter.com.