Roberta Rogow
Roberta Rogow | |
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| Born | March 7, 1942 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Queens College, City University of New York (BA) Columbia University (MLS) |
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Roberta Rogow (born March 7, 1942;[1] /ˈroʊ.ɡoʊ/ ROH-goh[2]) is an American writer of speculative fiction and fan fiction and a filk singer-songwriter. She graduated with a BA from Queens CUNY in 1962 and Columbia University with an MLS in 1971.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Rogow is a children's librarian by profession. She started her writing career as the editor of Grip, a media-based fanzine, 1978–1996.[4]
She has written several mystery novels based on a(n imaginary) collaboration between Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll. She has also penned a number of short stories, including contributions to the shared world science fiction series Merovingen Nights.
Critical acclaim
[edit | edit source]In a review of The Problem of the Surly Student, Publishers Weekly stated that "In clear, sometimes lyrical prose, the author paints an engaging and palpable picture of Victorian Oxford with its complex society of dons, undergraduates, scouts and townspeople. Rogow is particularly good at dramatizing the status of women as university students."[5] About the same book, Kirkus Review stated "Rogow provides an interesting look at the manners and mores of the academic world of the Victorians."[6]
S. Malkah Cohen in reviewing Murders in Manatas states: "Ms Rogow has carefully thought thru the many twists and turns that politics, language, religion and more would have taken if the Moors had taken hold of more of southern Europe and became a major world power."[7]
Tim Lieder notes that Rogow writes likeable characters with enjoyable plot contrivances.[8]
Filking
[edit | edit source]As a filksinger, she has appeared at science fiction conventions, mostly in the Northeast United States, including Albacon. She has also appeared internationally, at Torcon 3.[9]
Rogow has characterized her filk tapes as "electronic fanzines" that reach about 2,000 people.[10]
Roberta was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame on April 20, 2013.[11]
Roberta has recorded 8 filk tapes and 5 CDs, some of which were self-published. Her current music publisher is Floating Filk Studios.[12]
She has also published 18 songbooks called "Rec-Room Rhymes".[citation needed]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Rogow lived in Fair Lawn, New Jersey from 1972 to 2002.[13] Since 2002, she has lived in Irvington, New Jersey.[citation needed]
Works
[edit | edit source]Books & Stories
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Filk CDs
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References
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- ^ via Associated Press. "On The Light Side Of News", The Gettysburg Times, March 9, 1977. Accessed May 10, 2016. "The first index of Star Trek stories, written by fans in the 10 years the show has been off the air, is being put together by a Fair Lawn librarian. Roberta Rogow has purchased 20,000 index cards on which she hopes to compile the 'Trekindex', a guide to finding all the works."
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External links
[edit | edit source]- author info at Books-n-Bytes
- Current CD publisher for Roberta
- Roberta Rogow at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Roberta's Bandcamp Page
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- 21st-century American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American women short story writers
- Filkers
- 1942 births
- Living people
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 21st-century American women novelists
- People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey
- People from Irvington, New Jersey
- 21st-century American short story writers
- Queens College, City University of New York alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- American women singer-songwriters
- Writers from Bergen County, New Jersey
- Writers from Essex County, New Jersey