Ed Robison

Ed Robison
Born	Bellingham, Washington
Education	Los Angeles City College El Camino College UCLA

Edward Volney Robison is an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. His work most often focuses an unvarnished light on the events, encounters, and malaise of blue collar America, particularly in the logging region of the Pacific Northwest.^[1]

Born in Bellingham, Washington to Mildred and Volney Robison, Ed Robison is the middle of three siblings. The family eventually moved to Los Angeles where Robison spent the majority of his childhood. After graduating from high school, he held several jobs, including working for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. A year later Robison went to Korea where he served as a radio intercept operator. Upon discharge in 1954, Robison returned to Southern California and began his career as a computer programmer for aerospace manufacturer Rockwell International. At the same time, he attended UCLA^[2] where he studied writing under Leonardo Bercovici, the noted screenwriter and educator.

Robison retired from Rockwell and, after a brief stint with Hughes Aircraft, relocated to an old ranch house in Port Angeles, Washington.^[1]

North Light Gallery

Together with his wife, Marlene, Robison opened North Light Gallery,^[3] which showcased Northwest artists and artisans. It was during his time as owner of North Light Gallery that Robison cultivated the bulk of the material for his fiction from the myriad of community members who frequented his business.^[4] This marked the most productive period so far in Robison’s literary output; writing enough short stories to fill several volumes. During this period, Robison hosted a classical music broadcast for 13 years at KONP Port Angeles and was a member of the Port Angeles Symphony board. The Robisons eventually sold the gallery and entered full retirement.

Published Works

Collections

• The Fox and Other Stories, Turtle Press 1996, ISBN 0-9651963-0-5 (Out of print)
• The Man Who Saw Himself, Xlibris 2002, ISBN 1-4010-5168-5
• River Of Fire, Xlibris 2011, ISBN 978-1-4628-8715-6
• Whiskey Creek: And Other Stories, Outskirts Press 2011, ISBN 978-1-4327-8501-7
• Paradise Unplugged: Stories, Outskirts Press 2012, ISBN 978-1-4327-8832-2
• The Fox and Other Stories: A Rediscovery of the Northwest, Outskirts Press 2012, ISBN 978-1-4327-9227-5
• Ashes To Ashes: And Other Stories, Outskirts Press 2012, ISBN 978-1-4327-9385-2
• Sergei and Eleanor Stories, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4791-7269-6

Novels

• Sonny, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4792-5286-2

Selected Short Fiction

• The Odorite Man, Santa Clara Review - Winter 1993,Santa Clara University
• Sister, Pangolin Papers - October 1994, Turtle Press
• The Fox, Pangolin Papers - Spring 1995, Turtle Press (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)
• Something For Nothing, Pangolin Papers - Summer 1995, Turtle Press
• Ashes To Ashes, Pangolin Papers - Winter 1995, Turtle Press
• Sergei and Eleanor, Pangolin Papers - Winter 1996, Turtle Press
• Gloria Paradiso, Pangolin Papers - Spring 1998, Turtle Press (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)
• Asparagus, Tidepools 1998, Peninsula College
• Downloading Serena, Pangolin Papers - Summer 1999, Turtle Press
• Survivors, Pangolin Papers - Winter 1999, Turtle Press
• The Seagull, Pangolin Papers - Spring 2001, Turtle Press
• The Rain Hat, Tidepools 2001, Peninsula College
• The INCUBUS, Pangolin Papers - Winter 2002, Turtle Press
• Her Own Sweet Love, Tidepools 2011, Peninsula College
• "REFER TO AMAZON.COM for ten E-book collections of short stories.

Poetry

• The Museum, Santa Clara Review - Spring 1992, Santa Clara University

References

1. Kahn, Sy M. "Stories set on Peninsula evoke familiar themes". The Port Townsend, Jefferson County LEADER, D-3. Check date values in: |access-date= (help);
2. Sharon Eiler, ed. (1992). Santa Clara Review, May 1992, Vol. 79, No. 3. Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara University. p. 156.
3. "1992 Who's Who in Port Angeles". The Peninsula Business Journal (Port Angeles, WA). 1992. p. 4.
4. Elizabeth M. Kelly, ed. (1993). Santa Clara Review, January 1993, Vol. 80, No. 2. Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara University. p. 156.