Robert Westfield
Robert Westfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 2000s–present |
| Notable work | Suspension |
| Website | www |
Robert Westfield (born 1972) is an American writer, who won two Lambda Literary Awards in 2007 for his debut novel Suspension.[1] The novel, published in 2006 by Harper Perennial,[2] was nominated for and won Lambdas in the categories of Gay Fiction and Gay Debut Fiction.[1]
Born in 1972 in Maryland, Westfield attended Columbia University in New York City, earning a degree in Theatre and English,[3] and winning several student awards for his writing.
Since 1997, Westfield has run tours across New York City. He has also designed video and audio tours of the city.[4][5]
He has also written several plays, including A Wedding Album, The Pennington Plot, A Tulip Economy and A Home Without, as well as acting as cowriter and dramaturg for plays by Marc Wolf, including Blessed Plot and Another American: Asking and Telling.[6]
His second novel,The Sightseers, was published by Storied City in May 2021.[7] He has uncoming non-fiction anthologies of NYC-based stories coming out in 2026 and 2027.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Report from the 2007 Lammy Awards" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. AfterElton.com, June 5, 2007.
- ↑ "Suspension by Robert Westfield" Archived 2019-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Kirkus Reviews, 2006.
- ↑ "Robert Westfield". HarperCollins Publishers
- ↑ "Robert Westfield Bestsellers, Signed & First Editions". AbeBooks. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
- ↑ "Little Bytes of the Big Apple". YouTube. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
- ↑ "Weston announces a rich new season" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Rutland Herald, January 9, 2013.
- ↑ The Sightseers. 2021-05-25. ISBN 978-1-7354821-0-1.
- ↑ "Books". Storied City. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
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