Robert Lopresti

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WWU’s Robert Lopresti Publishes ‘When Women Didn’t Count’ through Praeger Publishing 2017-08-08
Artist profile: Robert Lopresti leaks Mafia mystery

Robert Lopresti is not only the librarian for environmental sciences and environmental studies and for government information at Western Washington University, he was born in New Jersey.

What better combination could result in a mystery thriller set in New Jersey in which the head of a…

2015-09-03
A Look at History Explains Exactly Why Obama Can Use the N-Word as President

Barack Obama is frustrated. Anyone watching the president address the racist church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, last week — reportedly his 14th time talking about a mass shooting on U.S. soil, aside from racially charged police violence against people of color — can see it.

2015-06-23
Lopresti wins 2014 Derringer Award for short fiction 2014-12-29
Bellingham author Rob Lopresti talks about his comic crime stories Oct. 7

Bellingham author Robert Lopresti has a new collection of comic crime stories, “Shanks on Crime,” featuring an intriguing character, Leopold Longshanks, a curmudgeonly mystery writer who just wants to create fiction, but true crime keeps interfering. Lopresti talks about his book at 7 p.m.…

2014-10-06
Sleuths for our time: smarts, not guns

I can’t speak for everyone, but in these parlous times even your seasoned crime-fiction columnist finds himself needing something that downplays violence and emphasizes good-humored entertainment.

2013-01-15
Rob Lopresti wins Black Orchid Novella Award

Western Washington University librarian Rob Lopresti has been named this year's winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award for his novella "The Red Envelope," which will appear in the July/August issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. The Black Orchid Novella Award is…

2013-01-11
WWU's Robert Lopresti Wins Black Orchid Novella Award 2012-12-10
Lopresti to share secrets of mystery writing Jan. 12 2012-01-10
Did overdue library books cause the Civil War? 2012-01-03
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