Robert B RiskinRobert Boris Riskin has been writing fiction for most of his adult life. He studied playwriting at the University of Michigan but switched to fiction shortly thereafter. While trying to become a writer he worked at a variety of jobs from dishwasher to bus-boy to factory work to owning retail stores selling discounted clothing to high-fashion women.He has published stories in The New Yorker and numerous literary magazines. He has also published three mystery novels featuring a retired English teacher and Shakespeare maven who solves crimes while quoting Shakespeare.A Brooklyn native, he has traveled the world, even lived in France for two years while studying at the Sorbonne.But New York is where his heart is. He now lives in Sag Harbor, where the bay and the ocean are nearby and the air is filled with creativity. Read More Read Less