Robin Sloan

Robin Sloan is an American best-selling author.^[1] 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.^[2] He 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.^[3][4][5]

Works

• Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore (2012) ISBN 978-1-92207-916-9^[6]
• Ajax Penumbra 1969 (2013) ISBN 978-0-374-71184-9^[7]

References

1. "New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller list for October 28, 2012". New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
2. 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.
3. "Author's website, http://www.robinsloan.com/". Retrieved 31 January 2014. External link in |title= (help)
4. "Michigan State University publication Oats". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
5. "TROY STUDENT TO URGE MSU CLASSMATES TO KEEP BUILDING THEIR LEGACIES". Retrieved 24 February 2014.
6. "Librarything Catalog Reference". Librarything. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
7. "Librarything Catalog Reference". Librarything. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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