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Robert Lamb is an American author who taught writing and American literature at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia. His first novel, Striking Out, published in 1991 by the Permanent Press, was nominated for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His second novel, Atlanta Blues, published in 2004 by Harbor House, was nominated for the Southern Book Circle Critics Award and was named by The Sumter (S.C.) Item as "one of the three best novels of the year by a Southern writer -- and maybe the best." In 2012, Red Letter Press published his third novel, A Majority of One, and Six of One, Half Dozen of Another, a collection of poetry and short stories, one story of which, R.I.P., was a winner in the 2009 South Carolina Fiction Project. His latest novel, "And Tell Tchaikovsky the News," is a story about the healing powers of rock 'n' roll. Lamb reviews books for the New York Journal of Books and has written for The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other publications. Born in Aiken, S.C., he is a graduate of the University of Georgia. He is listed as a South Carolina author on the web site of the South Carolina Center for the Book. He now lives in Pawleys Island, S.C., and is a columnist for "The Georgetown Times" and other newspapers.