Born in Montreal to Barbadian parents in 1968, Robert is a short story writer, graphic novelist,
novelist, freelance editor, and journalist. After obtaining a BA in English Literature from McGill
in 1990, he worked as a clerk for a wholesale bookseller while writing short stories, articles and
comics.  His essays and stories have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies
over the years, among them The Globe and Mail, The Antigonish Review, Caribbean Travel &
Life, Callaloo, The Comics Journal, and Chocolate Flava.  His fiction has been called
“imaginably simple [yet] also imaginatively complex” by the poet George Elliott Clarke.  From
1997 to 2001, Robert was the associate literary editor then arts and entertainment editor of
Barbados’ Nation newspaper.  He has taught research methods/paper at Barbados Community
College since 2002, and has produced documentary and award-winning animated shorts with
Warm Water Productions.  In 2003, he and sister writer Linda M. Deane founded the Barbadian
cultural resource ArtsEtc Inc.  He has also participated in the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s
Mentorship Program.  His vocation: to “tell it like it is (and like it ain’t), develop a sense of style
over fashion, and pursue the kind of romance found in all engaging storytelling.”