Robert M Poole

Robert M. Poole is former executive editor of National Geographic and author of Explorers House, which was a holiday pick for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" series in 2004. He is a contributing editor at Smithsonian and a contract writer for National Geographic. Poole has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Preservation. Robert M. Poole is a writer and editor whose work for National Geographic , Smithsonian , and other magazines has taken him around the...See more

Robert M. Poole is former executive editor of National Geographic and author of Explorers House, which was a holiday pick for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" series in 2004. He is a contributing editor at Smithsonian and a contract writer for National Geographic. Poole has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Preservation. Robert M. Poole is a writer and editor whose work for National Geographic , Smithsonian , and other magazines has taken him around the world. His last book, On Hallowed Ground , earned wide critical acclaim and was one of the Washington Post 's Best Books of 2009. Poole, former executive editor of National Geographic , lives in Vermont. See less