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Robert Westfield (born 1972) is an American writer, who won two Lambda Literary Awards in 2007 for his debut novel Suspension. The novel, published in 2006 by Harper Perennial, was nominated for and won Lambdas in the categories of Gay Fiction and Gay Debut Fiction.

Born in 1972 in Maryland, Westfield attended Columbia University in New York City, earning a degree in Theatre and English, and winning several student awards for his writing. He has also written several plays, including A Wedding Album, The Pennington Plot, A Tulip Economy and A Home Without, as well as acting as cowriter and dramaturg for plays by Marc Wolf, including Blessed Plot and Another American: Asking and Telling. His second novel, tentatively titled The Sightseers, has not yet been published.

References

1. ^ "Report from the 2007 Lammy Awards" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. AfterElton.com, June 5, 2007.
2. "Suspension by Robert Westfield" Archived 2019-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Kirkus Reviews, 2006.
3. "Robert Westfield". HarperCollins Publishers
4. "Weston announces a rich new season". Rutland Herald, January 9, 2013.

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