Robert Mailer Anderson

Robert Mailer Anderson
Born1968 (age 55–56)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Notable works
  • Boonville, The Death of Teddy Ballgame (play),
Windows on the World (film)
SpouseNicola Miner

Robert Mailer Anderson (born 1968) is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, Grammy-nominated producer and activist. He is the author of the bestselling[1] novel Boonville, which takes place in the Northern California town of Boonville, and the 2016 play The Death of Teddy Ballgame.[2] He is a contributor to the Anderson Valley Advertiser. Anderson is a three-time San Francisco Library Laureate[3] and in 2016 he was presented the San Francisco Arts Medallion for his outstanding leadership in the arts.[4] In August 2020, Anderson was appointed to the California Humanities Board of Directors by Governor Gavin Newsom.[5]

  1. ^ "San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers". SF GATE. March 3, 2002. Retrieved March 3, 2002.
  2. ^ "The Death of Teddy Ballgame". Molotov Editions.
  3. ^ "Library Laureates Go By the Book". SF Wire.
  4. ^ "Arts Medallion 2016". Museum of Performance and Design.
  5. ^ "California Humanities Announces Gubernatorial Appointees to Board of Directors". California Humanities. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.