Robin Sloan
Robin Sloan (born December 19, 1979 near Detroit ) is an American business information scientist and novelist .
Life
Robin Sloan attended Athens High School in Troy, Michigan and studied economics at Michigan State University . Since then he has worked for various online platforms such as a. on Twitter . In 2012 he published his first novel, which became a bestseller in the United States. The book has been translated into eight languages and has appeared in over 20 countries, including two editions in German.
As announced in the book's blurb, Sloan wrote a short prequel titled Ajax Penumbra in 1969 , which tells of events that predate those of the book.
The bibliophiles at the Grolier Club in New York City invited him to a reading.
Sloan lives in San Francisco .
Works
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-37421-491-3 .
- Mr. Penumbra's strange bookstore . From the American by Ruth Keen. Karl Blessing Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-89667-480-7 .
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Ajax Penumbra 1969. Atlantic Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-78239-517-1 .
- The incredible discovery of Mr. Penumbra. From the American by Wolfgang Müller. Random House, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-14065-6 , Ebook ISBN 978-3-641-14065-6 .
- Sourdough: A Novel . New York: MCD Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017 ISBN 978-0-374-20310-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Robin Sloan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Robin Sloan in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Short biography and reviews of works by Robin Sloan at perlentaucher.de
- Robin Sloan , website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Janet Maslin: Google Aces Can't Defeat Bibliophiles , New York Times , November 7, 2012
- ↑ Note on the prequel on Robin Sloan's website, accessed August 12, 2016
- ↑ Jennifer Schuessler: Robin Sloan, Digital Guru, Takes a Journey Into Print , at New York Times , October 3, 2012
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SURNAME | Sloan, Robin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American business computer scientist and novelist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th December 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Detroit |