Robert Ward

Robert Ward is an American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and television producer born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1943. He is the author of nine novels, including the PEN West Award-winning Red Baker, New York Times Notable Book Four Kinds of Rain, and the classic Shedding Skin. Ward has also written for magazines like Esquire and GQ, and lives in Los Angeles with his family.

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