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Robert klose

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My Story

I live and write in Maine and teach at the University of Maine. I am a regular contributor of essays to The Christian Science Monitor.  My work has also appeared in NewsweekThe Boston Globe, and various literary magazines. 

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My Books

Winner of Ben Franklin Literary Award and USABookNews Award

"Professor Robert Klose has

produced a delightful book

that will warm the hearts of

all educators." -Eric Scerri,

author of The Periodic Table

and its Significance

A Maine-themed children's book based on a true story

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My memoir about the adoption of my second son 

from a Ukrainian orphanage. Finalist, Maine Literary Awards

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Finalist: International Book Award, American Fiction Awards, & International Fiction Awards

Essays from The Christian Science Monitor

"A combination journal,

travelogue and, above all,

love story, this is a wonderful

read, even for those uninvolved

in adoption." -- Publisher's Weekly

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A novel of academic intrigue about an esteemed professor whose only desire is to be allowed to teach in peace. Finalist, American Fiction Awards

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If you wish to purchase a signed copy of one of my books, click here and you will be taken to The Briar Patch in Bangor, Maine. They will contact me and I will inscribe the book before they lovingly wrap it and ship it out to you.

Get in touch!

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