Background
Bly grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
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Robert Bly
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University of Rochester.
Career
He is a well-known copywriter. He got a degree in chemical engineering in 1979 at the University of Rochester, beginning his writing career with four intense years at the school"s daily newspaper. When he graduated, he began as a corporate writer for Westinghouse Electric and then worked for a New York engineering firm for a few years.
He published his first book in 1982, on technical writing.
In 1985, at the age of 27, he published his tenth book, The Copywriter"s Handbook. Bly has worked as a freelance copywriter for the American Association of Retired Persons, International Business Machines Corporation, and Lucent Technologies, among others
Bly has written more than 70 books and recently dropped traditional publishing in favor of publishing e-books Bly currently works in the information marketing industry.
He lives in Montville, New Jersey.
