John Elder Robison | Red Room Writer Profile

I was born in Athens, Georgia in the hot summer of 1957. My father was preaching in Ila — pronounced EYE-LA — Georgia, that summer. Both my parents were in college when I was born.
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It's a wired, wired world. From Massachusetts to Australia and back again
May 11, 2009
- I'm sitting here at home working on my next book, but I have to take a moment to share this remarkable radio experience . . . . I just did an interview with Deborah Cameron on ABC 702 in Sydney, Australia. A few years ago, most people elsewhere in the world would say, so what? Not anymore.An hour before the interview, I updated my Facebook status to say I was on the radio in a little while. Then ...
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It's time for some news, and some new websites
April 4, 2009
- First, I'd like to thank all of you who helped make Look Me in the Eye one the top selling books of the year, for the second year in a row (Publisher's Weekly 2008 Bestsellers issue) sales are still pretty strong, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for three years in a row . . . Since the collapse of the economy last September, I’ve been spending a lot more time at Robison Service, my ...
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Some thoughts on the economy
March 9, 2009
- I don't really write much about the economy here, so I hope readers will indulge the occasional post. Until last year, my 35-year working life has been a series of mostly forward moves. There were some bumps, of course. I got fired a few times, got divorced, even got my nose cut off once – but overall I moved ahead on a year-to-year basis.My success was made possible to a large extent by the ...
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