Ramsey Montgomery

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Ramsey Montgomery (Raymond Almiran Montgomery, III) (b. May 1, 1967 - d. March 4, 2008) was an American writer and educator who resided in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he taught English^[1]. He was the son of writers R. A. Montgomery and Constance Cappel, as well as the brother of writer Anson Montgomery. They (Cappel/Montomery) founded Vermont Crossroads Press in 1972 and published the original Adventures of You Series. Shannon Gilligan is the stepmother of Ramsey Montgomery.^{[citation needed]}; Constance Cappel Montgomery wrote Hemingway in Michigan (Fleet Publishing, 1966) under her married name as well as several juvenile books with Raymond Montgomery. Constance Cappel was the original editor for "Sugarcane Island" and "Journey Under the Sea." Vermont Crossroads Press subcontracted the Adventures of You series to first Pocket Books and then Bantam where it became Choose Your Own Adventure series. Constance Cappel and Raymond A. Montomery,Jr. were married on June 16, 1962 (New York Times) and divorced on April 1, 1980 in Montpelier, Vermont.(Who's Who in America)

Ramsey was the author of 4 Choose Your Own Adventure books. He also served on the board of directors for Nomadic Marketing^[2], which helps NGOs in Southeast Asia develop marketing materials and supports The Library Project, which aims to build low-cost (US$150) libraries in China, Vietnam and Cambodia.^[3]