Zachary Hamby: Teacher, Author, and Illustrator

For the last fifteen years Zachary Hamby has been a high-school English teacher in rural Missouri. Teaching in a high-poverty area, he believes in the power of education to enrich and improve his students' lives. In 2020 Zachary was a finalist for Missouri Teacher of the Year.

Zachary is also the author of a variety of textbooks: the Mythology for Teens series (which got a surprising shout-out from a Jeopardy! champ), the Reaching Olympus series, and the Searching for America series in addition to titles for young readers, including The Hero's Guidebook and Introduction to Mythology for Kids. He also illustrated the majority of these books himself.

He maintains two websites for teachers: www.mythologyteacher.com with a special emphasis on mythology resources and www.creativeenglishteacher.com with a wider focus on general English classroom resources. He also authors a blog, which focuses on creative teaching ideas.

Zachary currently teaches English in the Ozarks, where he resides with his wife and two children. Email him by visiting our contact page, here. Follow him on Twitter @zachary_hamby Visit his Amazon page by clicking here.

List of publications:

Mythology for Teens (2009)
Reaching Olympus: Heroes, Beasts, and Monsters (2010)
Greek Mythology for Teens (2011)
Reaching Olympus: The Trojan War and the Odyssey (2012)
Reaching Valhalla: Tales and Sagas from Norse Mythology (2013)
Reaching Olympus: Tales of Titans, Gods, and Mortals (2014)
The Road to Camelot: Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2015)
Reaching Olympus: The Roman Myths (2016)
Reaching Sherwood: The Legends of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (2016)
Searching for America: The New World (2018)
The Hero's Guidebook: Creating Your Own Hero's Journey (2019)
Searching for America: Forming a Nation (2020)
Introduction to Mythology for Kids (2020)
World Mythology for Beginners (2021)
Greek Mythology for Kids (2022)