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Member Since: June 28, 2011

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Robert Lamb

Biography

Graduate of the University of Georgia; former editor/writer, The Atlanta Constitution; former adjunct professor, University of South Carolina, (writing and American literature), winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, Mortar Board Honor Society.
Novels:
-Striking Out (A PEN-Hemingway Award nominee)
-Atlanta Blues ("One of the three best novels of the year by a Southern writer." ~Year-end Roundup of Novels)
-A Majority of One (Voted "Most Likely To Get Its Author Hanged")
-And Tell Tchaikovsky the News ("Good golly, Miss Molly, what a story!" ~Amazon reader)
Short Stories and Poems
-Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (contains "R.I.P.," winner, 2009 South Carolina Fiction Project; "Black Coffee," Storytelling Excellence Award, July 2008; and the groundbreaking "Rebellion at Fugitive Flats," a surreal excursion into creative writing.

Smashwords Interview

When did you first start writing?
I began at age 10, inspired by a movie I saw, "Gentleman's Agreement," starring Gregory Peck as a magazine writer.
What do your fans mean to you?
Every story-teller needs a story-listener. Together they complete a circuit that I consider magical.
Read more of this interview.

Where to find Robert Lamb online

Website: http://boblamb.wix.com/author
Twitter: @robtlamb
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/boblamb
Wattpad: boblamb
Blog: http://www.boblamb.wordpress.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com

Books

Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1) by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 25,640. Language: English. Published: November 2, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Stories and poems from a lifetime of writing, with an afterword on their origins.
A Majority of One by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 75,030. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays
(3.00 from 1 review)
When preachers in a rural Georgia town move to ban some classic American novels from the high school curriculum -- and post the Ten Commandments in every classroom -- only one person stands up to them: English teacher Anne Brady, an “outsider” from Atlanta who champions great literature (and the separation of Church and State).
Ghosts by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,940. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Teenage boys chase an elusive ghost in a Southern cemetery one night, never dreaming that their lives ahead will be filled with ghosts all too real and none of them elusive.
Atlanta Blues by
Price: $12.00 USD. Words: 84,420. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
A reporter and two cops search for a missing college coed. The search leads through the underbelly of urban Atlanta to murder and heartbreak. This is a powerful novel about the vast difference between justice and jurisprudence.

Robert Lamb's tag cloud

atheism    coldblooded murder    cops    cops and stress    courtroom drama    english teacherm    ghosthunting    high hurdle    intolerance    investigative reporting    jailbreakers    jewish lawyer    missing persons    murder    mysterious light    newspaper editor    obsession    old cemetery    poetry    poker game    possessed    prejudice    religious zealotry    runaways    short stories anthology    teenage boys    that old gang of mine    town hysteria    voodoo    writing a story