Robert Mailer Anderson
Robert Mailer Anderson (born 1968 in San Francisco) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and socialite, the author of the novel Boonville, which takes place in the Northern California town of Boonville.
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[edit] Family background
He is a fifth-generation native of Marin County. As a young man he lived with his father, who ran a home for disturbed youth, whose residents Anderson got to know, including future murderer David Mason. His uncle, Bruce Anderson, is the publisher of the Anderson Valley Advertiser for which Robert was a contributor.
[edit] Writing career
Anderson's short story "36-28-34-7" was published by Christopher Street in 1995. Boonville was published in 2001 by Bay Area independent publisher Creative Arts Book Publishing, and was then picked up for paperback reprint by HarperCollins, becoming a national bestseller.
In 2007 he co-wrote, produced, and appeared in Pig Hunt, a horror film set in Northern California.[1]
[edit] Personal life
He lives in San Francisco.[2] Married to the heiress Nicola Miner (daughter of Oracle Corporation cofounder Bob Miner), he is a former board member of the San Francisco Opera, and a current board member for SFJAZZ.[3] On February 16, 2012, he and his wife hosted Barack Obama's fundraising visit to San Francisco, at his home in Pacific Heights. Singer Al Green, bassist Les Claypool, harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite and blues player Booker T. Jones performed for the fundraiser.[4][5][6]
[edit] Works
- Boonville (Creative Arts Book Company, 2001)[7] (reprinted, HarperCollins, 2003)
[edit] References
- ^ "Robert Mailer Anderson on the Mendo madness of "Pig Hunt"", SF360[dead link]
- ^ Aidin Vaziri (December 17, 2006). "ON THE TOWN With Robert Mailer Anderson". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/17/LVGIHMUV3I1.DTL.
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- ^ Boonville. Creative Arts. 2001. ISBN 9780887394799. http://books.google.com/books?id=K0y5921T9EQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Robert+Mailer+Anderson&ei=UsPpSurRIJOENrrxlfYL#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
[edit] External links
- Anderson at the HarperCollins Publishers website
- Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
- Salon review of Boonville
- Anderson's SF haunts at "On The Town", San Francisco Chronicle
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