Robert Hoskins

Robert Hoskins was born in Harlan, Kentucky, and educated at Yale University and the University of Kentucky. In his forty years of teaching British Literature and Film Studies at James Madison University he published articles and books on English writers (notably Graham Greene) and served in a variety of academic positions, including three and a half years as department head and eight years as Executive Director of the national College English Association. After retiring, he decided to try experiencing literature from the writer’s side rather than the teacher’s or scholar’s. Since then he has published several novels and volumes of short stories, many of which include fictionalized versions of characters, ideas, and events from his memories of growing up in Eastern Kentucky. He lives with his wife Betty in Virginia and enjoys reading, piano playing, cooking, movies, travel, and spending time with family and friends.