Lewis Robinson (1971 - )

Genre: General Fiction, Short Stories

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, Lewis Robinson grew up in Yarmouth, Maine. He is a graduate of Milton Academy (1989) and of Middlebury College, and he received an M.A. from the Iowa Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He lives in Portland, Maine, where he teaches writing and coaches girls' soccer and basketball at Waynefleet School. His highly praised first book, Officer Friendly and Other Stories, is set in small-town Maine. Some of the stories had previously been published in literary magazines, and one, "The Diver," was read on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts in the spring of 2003. Robinson's comments concerning his writing can be read on the Milton Academy web site. He was one of ten writers who received $35,000 Whiting Writers Award in 2003, which is given to emerging writers of "exceptional talent and promise."


Last Update: 06/03/2007

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