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Josh Bobley Author

Josh Bobley (Teacher Josh) was born and raised in New York, and is now a renowned educator based in Shanghai. His expertise is English language instruction, journalism and public speaking. He offers classes for children and adults at various schools in Shanghai, provides private tutorials and is frequently invited to host major events at government-sponsored events. This includes a national English language competition for young journalists honing their skills in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. He has tens of thousands of followers on his KuaiShou English studies page. Teacher Josh holds a master’s degree in Chinese studies from Yale (1991) and a master’s from Columbia University’s School of Journalism (1998). He is an accomplished classical pianist, having studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Peter A. Bobley is an entrepreneur, author and Broadway play producer. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife. He has five children and five grandchildren. Peter has been a copywriter for 50 years and has written hundreds of commercials and brochures. He is known for the way he employs punchy, New York language, and for sure, idioms. He is the author of two books, Nobody Asked Me, But… and Mom, We’re Black. He produced the play The First on Broadway, the musical biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues.