Robert Boris Riskin

, Male

Sag Harbor, NY

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Sag Harbor, NY
About Me:
BIO OF ROBERT BORIS RISKIN



Robert Boris Riskin has been writing fiction most of his adult life. He went to the University of Michigan where he studied playwriting with Kenneth Rowe, but switched to fiction shortly thereafter. He did the usual stint at helping his writing career by working at a variety of jobs from dishwasher to busboy to factory worker to selling discounted clothes to high fashion women. He has published short stories in The New Yorker and a variety of literary magazines.
A Brooklyn native, he has traveled the world. He lived in France for a few years. One of those years was spent studying at the Sorbonne. The other was on a honeymoon. But New York is where his heart is, as well as the food, family, friends, and the ocean.
He moved to the suburbs with his wife, Kiki, a sculptor. They have a daughter and son. They eventually discovered Sag Harbor at the eastern end of Long Island where the bay and ocean are nearby and the air is filled with creativity.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.robertborisriskin.com
Books And Authors I Like:
There's no way I can list them because I've got so many but I'll liost a few: Serious: Tolstoy, Checkhov, Thomas Mann, Conrad, IB Singer, and Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March.
Crime and Suspense: I go with the classics: Chandler, Ross MacDonald, James M Cain, Eric Ambler. Modern: I like Michael Connelly (who doesn't?), Robert Crais, Lawrene Block, Ed McBain, Tony Hillerman, Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill, and the Swedish master, Henning Mankell.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
On TV I am addicted to Law and Order re-runs, Seinfeld re-runs, and not much else besides the news. Sometimes I watch a "Raymond re-run. I don't watch American Idol, game shows, Judge shows, Reality shows. In fact I hate them.

I love movies, sometimes even bad ones. I go for adventure, noir, sex (not explicit, just hot), comedy, if the dialogue is sharp, not Dumb and Dumber.

One of my all time favorite movies is Some Like it Hot. another is
Rear Window, Another is Love in the Afternoon (not well known but one of Gary Cooper's best).

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  • Jon McGoran as D. H. Dublin

    Thanks for finding me Robert. I look forward to reading your work.

    Dec 23, 2007

  • Robert Boris Riskin

    I just hard the urge to wish all you writers and readers of crime an exciting year.

    Boris

    Feb 29, 2008

  • Robert Boris Riskin

    My new book featuring Jake Wanderman will arive in bookstores in November 2008.
    Title: Deadly Bones

    Jun 14, 2008