Tom Robotham, 25th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Tom Robotham is the editor of Port Folio Weekly, a news and opinion magazine serving southeastern Virginia. Before joining Port Folio in 1998, Robotham worked as a freelance writer and video producer. He is the author of five books, including a volume on the 19th century American landscape painter, Albert Bierstadt, and a book on early photographs of American Indians. Robotham holds an M.A. in American Studies from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York