Robert Mayer

Robert Mayer is the author of such diverse and acclaimed work as the true crime classic The Dreams Of Ada and the dark comedy Superfolks, the novel which changed the direction of superheroes ("It is gorgeous. It is splendid. It is funny as hell... He writes like an angel." - Newsday) His historical drama The Origin Of Sorrow, about life in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt in the 18th century, has become a sleeper hit, drawing an ongoing stream of reader accolades and word-of-mouth sales. A native of New York, Mayer lives now in New Mexico.