| Glenn Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1940 Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Died | September 7, 2001 (aged 60) London, UK |
| Area(s) | Publisher and activist |
Notable works | Centerprise Writers and Readers Cooperative |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Gosley Sian Williams |
| Children | Shoshannah, Benjamin, Elisha[1] |
Glenn Thompson (September 24, 1940 – September 7, 2001) was an American book publisher and activist. Born in Harlem, New York, he moved in 1968 to England, where he began a community-based bookshop called Centerprise in Hackney, East London, and went on to co-found in 1976 the Writers and Readers Cooperative, best known as publisher of the ...For Beginners series of documentary graphic nonfiction books.