Gauch also shared some positive comments from the in-house staff, including several from Tracy Gates. Gates would later play a pivotal role in the publication of
Wrestling Sturbridge. Over the next eight years, Wallace continued his newspaper career, working variously as a sports reporter, news editor, and assistant city editor at a variety of New Jersey newspapers. He also married and became a father to two boys. In 1988, Wallace began working for Highlights for Children as a copy editor. Today, he is a senior editor at the magazine, and publishing well-written stories has become Wallace's passion. "I love the field," he told AAYA. "I've met virtually no one who works editorially in this field--children's publishing--whose first and overwhelming priority isn't to bring out great books and magazines."
Wrestling with Teenage Emotions
Wallace had continued his own writing efforts during this period.
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