Robin Sloan
Author of Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
About the Author
Robin Sloan was born and raised in Michigan, He attended Michigan State University where he majored in economics and co-founded a literary magazine called Oats. He published his first novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, in 2012. It was about a laid- off Silicon Valley tech worker who gets a show more job in an old bookstore and starts discovering one secret after another. Along with the store's owner, the old books lead to a 500 year old secret society. His other title's include: Ajax Penumbra and Sourdough: A Novel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Robin Sloan
The Wrong Plane 5 copies
The Sleep Consultant [short story] 4 copies
New Liberal Arts 2 copies
The Counselor 2 copies
In the Stacks (Maisie's Tune) — Author — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1979-12-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Education
- Michigan State University
- Occupations
- writer
- Short biography
- Robin Sloan grew up in Michigan and now splits his time between San Francisco and the internet. You can learn more, and keep in touch, at robinsloan.com.
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Discussions
Found: Invisible bookstore…maybe? in Name that Book (November 18)
Mr. Penumbra and the geeks in The Green Dragon (November 2015)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan in Books in Books (February 2013)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore in Book talk (October 2012)
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First Novels (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Review 1 (1)
Food (1)
Read in 2016 (1)
STEM (1)
Boy Protagonists (1)
Foodie Books (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 20
- Members
- 10,346
- Popularity
- #2,296
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 877
- ISBNs
- 85
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 8
- Touchstones
- 571