VJ Books presents David L. Robbins!

In 1976, David graduated from the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, with a B.A. in Theater and Speech. He didn’t know what to do for a living, having little real theatrical talents, so he decided to attend what he calls the “great catch-basin of unfocused over-achievers,” law school. He received his Juris Doctorate at William and Mary in 1980. Robbins practiced environmental law in Columbia, S.C. for a year to the day (his father demanded back the money for law school if David practiced for less than one year – he quit two weeks before the anniversary but got Sam to agree that the two weeks vacation David had accumulated could be included) before turning his energy to a career as a freelance writer in 1981. He began writing fiction in 1990.

Robbins is an accomplished guitarist, studying the works of Latin classical. He stays active with his sailboat, shooting sporting clays, weightlifting, traveling to research his novels, and as founder of the James River Writers, a non-profit group in his hometown of Richmond that helps aspiring writers and students work and learn together as a writing community. He is currently engaged in co-founding The Podium Foundation, a non-profit which will bring writing and critical reasoning programs to the students of Richmond’s city high schools. He also teaches advanced creative writing at his alma mater, the College of William and Mary. He resides in Richmond.