Robin Williams (writer)

Robin Patricia Williams
Born (1953-10-09) October 9, 1953
Berkeley, California
Occupation Non-fiction writer; graphic designer; teacher; lecturer on Shakespeare
Nationality American
Period 1989 – present
Genre Non-fiction
Subject Computers; graphic design; Shakespeare
Website
www.ratz.com

Robin Patricia Williams (born October 9, 1953) is an American educator who has authored many popular computer-related books, as well as the book Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?.[1] Among her computer books are manuals of style The Mac is Not a Typewriter and The Non-Designer's Design Book, as well as numerous manuals for various Mac OS operating systems and applications, including The Little Mac Book.[2] "Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, ... [Williams] has influenced an entire generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the World Wide Web, and the Macintosh."[3]

Biography

Williams grew up in San Jose and Fremont, California and graduated from Washington High School in Fremont. She later attended Ohlone College and Santa Rosa Junior College.[4] In 2011, she received an MA degree from Brunel University, London, in Shakespeare Authorship studies, and in 2014 she completed a doctoral dissertation for the same university.

She is an author, college instructor, and lecturer. She has been a leader in the New Mexico Internet Professionals Association and the Santa Fe Mac Users Group.[5][6][7] She was a founder of The Mary Sidney Society[8] and the Santa Fe Shakespeare Society.[9]

She is married to graphic designer and co-author John Tollett[10] and has three children.[4]

Writings

She has written, designed, indexed, and produced more than fifty computer-related books,[2] translated into twenty-three languages.

Williams has spent years studying William Shakespeare,[11] and in 2006 issued her book Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare? in which she proposed the writer Mary Sidney as a candidate in the Shakespearean authorship question. She also teaches Shakespeare and leads The Understanders' 16-week discussion groups about individual plays.[12]

Of Williams' research, her mentor,[4] Cynthia Lee Katona, professor of Shakespeare and Women's Studies at Ohlone College, has said

The first question I am asked by curious freshmen in my Shakespeare course is always, "Who wrote these plays anyway?" Now, because of Robin Williams' rigorous scholarship and artful sleuthing, Mary Sidney Herbert will forever have to be mentioned as a possible author of the Shakespeare canon. Sweet Swan of Avon doesn't pretend to put the matter to rest, but simply shows how completely reasonable the authorship controversy is, and how the idea of a female playwright surprisingly answers more Shakespearean conundrums than it creates....

Bibliography

Books

Williams is "the author of more than twenty award-winning and best-selling books",[3] most published by Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA.


Titles by Williams, Robin (writing alone under that name, except as noted).


Titles by Williams, Robin, writing with Tollett, John (and, as noted, others).


With Cohen, Sandee.

Articles

Available for electronic download by Williams, Robin. publisher: Peachpit Press, Berkeley

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Robin P. Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?. USA: Wilton Circle Press; 2006. ISBN 978-0-321-42640-6
  2. 1 2 "Robin Williams". Peachpit Press. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  3. 1 2 Williams, Robin. The Mac is Not a Typewriter. 2nd Edition. 2003. Peachpit Press; California. ISBN 0-201-78263-4. Back Cover.
  4. 1 2 3 "Robin Williams" (access "Real Bio" via the link it anchors; no date). Retrieved on January 22, 2008.
  5. ↑ "New Mexico Internet Professionals Association". 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Santa Fe Mac Users Group". SFMUG. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  7. ↑ "SFMUG". Robin Williams. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  8. ↑ "The Mary Sidney Society". 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  9. ↑ "SF Shakespeare Society". 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  10. ↑ "John Tollett". Url's Internet Cafe. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  11. ↑ "The Author". Mary Sidney Society. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  12. ↑ "The Understanders". 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

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