Robert Wade Houston

Background

Houston, Robert Wade was born on September 30, 1940 in Bessemer, Alabama, United States. Son of Claude Robinson and Bessie Vera (Brown) Houston.

Education

Bachelor, Birmingham Southern College, 1966. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1973.

Career

Instructor English George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1968-1969. Assistant professor English University of the American mathematical society, Puebla, Mexico, 1970-1972. Professor English University Arizona, Tucson, since 1973.

Faculty member Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury, Vermont, 1982-1984. Staff member Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, Middlebury, since 1979.

Achievements

• Robert Wade Houston has been listed as a noteworthy novelist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Nation Thief

    ("In Nicaragua even the schoolchildren know the story of W...)

  • The Fourth Codex

    (Cloth & Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"...)

Membership

Served with United States Air Force, 1961-1965. Member Authors Guild.

Interests

• Foreign travel.

Connections

Married Sharon Leigh Baker, July 24, 1959 (divorced 1968). Children: Rebecca, Jonathan. Married Patricia Gail Roth, September 26, 1970.

1 child, Gregory.

Father:

Claude Robinson Houston

Mother:

Bessie Vera (Brown) Houston

Spouse:

Patricia Gail Roth

Spouse:

Sharon Leigh Baker

child:

Gregory Houston

child:

Rebecca Houston

child:

Jonathan Houston