Robin Sloan

Robin Sloan is an American author. His debut novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, is about a laid-off Silicon Valley tech worker who begins working at a dusty bookstore with very few customers, only to start discovering one secret after another. The mysterious old books, along with the store's owner, lead to a 500‑year‑old secret society.[1]

Biography

Sloan graduated from Athens High School in Troy, Michigan, in 1998 and went to school at Michigan State University, where he studied economics and co-founded a literary magazine called Oats.[2][3][4]

Bibliography

  • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore (2012) ISBN 978-1-92207-916-9[5]
  • Ajax Penumbra 1969 (2013) ISBN 978-0-374-71184-9[6]
  • Sourdough: A Novel (2017) ISBN 978-0-374-20310-8[7]

References

  1. ↑ Maslin, Janet (November 7, 2012). "Google Aces Can't Defeat Bibliophiles 'Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore' by Robin Sloan". New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Author's website, http://www.robinsloan.com/". Retrieved 31 January 2014. External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Michigan State University publication Oats". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Troy Student to Urge MSU Classmates to Keep Building Their Legacies". Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Librarything Catalog Reference". Librarything. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Librarything Catalog Reference". Librarything. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Publisher's Weekly". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  • "New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller list for October 28, 2012". New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  • Robin Sloan at Goodreads


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