Robert Charles Wilson is a Canadian science fiction author.
Background
Robert Wilson was born on December 15, 1953, in California, United States, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from one more short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he became a Canadian citizen. He resided for a while in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and briefly in Vancouver.
Career
Robert Charles Wilson developed his career fully to writing books. Through a series of novels beginning in the mid-1980s, science fiction novelist Robert Charles Wilson has earned high praise from both readers and critics. Wilson gained critical recognition with his first novel, the 1986 love story "A Hidden Place", which is set in a small prairie town. Then he wrote "Memory Wire." Wilson’s third novel, "Gypsies", comprises “a blend of science fiction, mystery, and thriller,” according to a reviewer in Publishers Weekly. Wilson’s 1992 novel. "The Harvest", combined an up-to-date science fiction premise with a “cozy” Northwest setting. In 1994 Wilson produced a seventh novel, "Mysterium." Wilson's latest novel, "Last Year", was published on December 6, 2016.
In addition to the novels, he is the author of the short-story collection "The Perseids and Other Stories", set in Toronto. His first publication appeared in the February 1975 issue of "Analog Science Fiction", under the name Bob Chuck Wilson.
Currently Robert lives with his wife Sharry in Concord, a neighbourhood of Vaughan, Ontario located north of Toronto. They have two sons, Paul and Devon.