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Robert Steven Williams
Robert Steven Williams is an author, singer-songwriter, musician, and former music industry executive. As a writer, Williams won the silver medal for popular fiction from the Indep...view moreRobert Steven Williams is an author, singer-songwriter, musician, and former music industry executive. As a writer, Williams won the silver medal for popular fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for his first novel, My Year as a Clown. He was also a finalist in the 2005 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. He attended Bread Loaf, Sewanee and the Squaw Valley Writers’ Conferences, and worked closely with the esteemed fiction writer, Barry Hannah. His short fiction has appeared in Carve Magazine, The Orange Coast Review, and the anthology Tall Tales and Short Stories Volume II. Additionally, he was the executive producer of the critically acclaimed BOOM! Studios CBGB Comic series in 2010, nominated for a Harvey Award for Best Anthology. Robert’s work has also appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine, Billboard, USA Today and LetterPress, a newsletter for writers. He is also co-author of the best-selling business book, The World’s Largest Market. As a musician, Williams studied songwriting with Rosanne Cash, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and several other top country writers. In 2005 he released the critically acclaimed CD “I Am Not My Job,” featuring Rachel Z (Peter Gabriel, Wayne Shorter) and Sloan Wainwright.
My Year as a Clown (Against the Grain Press), is Roberts's first novel.view less