Robin Williams (writer)

Robin Patricia Williams (born 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, graduated from Washington High School in Fremont, and then attended Santa Rosa Junior College.^[4] In 2011, she received an MA degree from Brunel University in Shakespeare Authorship studies.

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 John Tollett^[10] and has three children.^[4]

Writings

An autodidact,^{[citation needed]} she has written, designed, indexed, and produced more than fifty computer-related books,^[2] translated into twenty-three languages.^{[citation needed]}

Williams 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's research, her mentor,^[4] Cynthia Lee Katona, professor of Shakespeare and Women's Studies at the Ohlone community college, has said^{[citation needed]}

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).

• The Non-Designer's Presentation Book
• Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition, The
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series, Adobe ReaderDownload
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series
• Non-Designer's Design and Type Books, Deluxe Edition, The
• Non-Designer's Collection, The
• Non-Designer's Type Book, The, 2nd Edition
• Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition, The
• Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series
• Little Mac Book, The, Panther Edition
• Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, The, Panther Edition
• Non-Designer's Design Book, The, 2nd Edition
• Mac is not a typewriter, The, 2nd Edition
• Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, The, Jaguar Edition, 2nd Edition
• Little Mac OS X Book, The
• Little Mac Book, The, 7th Edition
• How to Boss Your Fonts Around, 2nd Edition
• Mac is not a typewriter, The
• Writing as Williams, Robin P. (2006): Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare? (Imprint: Wilton Circle Press)

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

• Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: A guide to iLife 08, .Mac, and more
• Robin Williams Design Workshop, Second Edition, Adobe Reader, 2nd EditionDownload
• Podcasting and Blogging with GarageBand and iWeb eBookDownload
• Podcasting and Blogging with GarageBand and iWeb
• Robin Williams Design Workshop, 2nd Edition
• Macs on the Go, Adobe ReaderDownload
• Macs on the Go
• Non-Designer's Web Book, The, 3rd Edition
• Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps, Second Edition: A guide to iLife 05, .Mac, and more, 2nd Edition
• Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: A guide to iLife, Mac.com, and more
• Little Mac iApps Book, The
• Little iMac Book, The, 3rd Edition
• With both Tollett and Rohr, Dave. Robin Williams Web Design Workshop
• Robin Williams Design Workshop
• Non-Designer's Web Book, The, 2nd Edition

With Cohen, Sandee.

• Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book, The

Articles

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

• Robin Williams’s Guide to the Most Overlooked New Leopard Features
• How to use the Dock
• Designer's Toolbox: DVD hardware and software overview
• iMovie
• Introduction to Mac OS X
• Build A Better Business Card
• Little Mac iApps Tips
• iPhoto: Organize and Share Your Digital Photos
• Opening Apps & Docs in OS X
• Finding Your Way Around OS X
• Navigation Design
• Project: Logos
• Applying Your Identity
• Identity Template Files
• Tips on Designing Newsletters
• Tips on Designing Web Pages
• Peachpit TV (Audio Podcast): Interview with Robin Williams

References

External links

• Books by Robin Williams at Peachpit Press
• Her family website
• Her Mary Sidney site
• Her "The Understanders" discussion group
• Her "Wilton Circle Press" imprint of Peachpit Press

v t e Shakespeare authorship question (History) A series on alternative authorship theories for the works of William Shakespeare Theories Declaration of Reasonable Doubt Baconian theory Derbyite theory Oxfordian theory Prince Tudor theory Marlovian theory Candidates List of Shakespeare authorship candidates Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland Christopher Marlowe Sir Henry Neville William Nugent William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby Supporters Joseph C. Hart Delia Bacon Orville Ward Owen James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance George Greenwood Walt Whitman Mark Twain Henry Albert Seymour Abel Lefranc J. Thomas Looney B. M. Ward Alden Brooks Charlton Greenwood Ogburn Calvin Hoffman Charlton Ogburn Bertram Fields Richard Kennedy Roger Stritmatter Mark Anderson Charles Beauclerk John Orloff