Don Robertson (novelist)

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Don Robertson (1929 - 1999) was a novelist, newspaper reporter and columnist, primarily in Cleveland, OH. He was also a radio and television talk show host in Cleveland. He wrote 19 novels, perhaps the best-known being the Morris Bird III trilogy, based in Cleveland: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread (1965), The Sum and Total of Now (1966) and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1970). He wrote 19 novels in all.[1] One, The Ideal, Genuine Man, was published by Philtrum Press, Stephen King's publishing house.[1] In the book's Forenote, King described Robertson as one of the three writers who influenced him as a young man who was trying to "become" a novelist.[2] Robertson worked for three newspapers in Cleveland; The Plain Dealer, The Cleveland News and The Cleveland Press. He also served as an editor of the Houston City magazine and wrote for Cleveland Magazine. He was elected a member of the Press Club of Cleveland Hall of Fame in 1992.

[edit] Works

  • The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread (1965) (Morris Bird III trilogy)
  • The Sum and Total of Now (1966) (Morris Bird III trilogy)
  • The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1970) (Morris Bird III trilogy)
  • The Ideal, Genuine Man (1987)

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b The Plain Dealer, 3-24-99
  2. ^ The Genuine Ideal Man, 1987, Philtrum Press
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