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Daniel Robinson

Dan was a lawyer in Sacramento from 1975 to 2016. But he's always liked writing so, during those years, he took writing classes at Sacramento City College and American River College. He graduated from University of California, Riverside in 1965 where he played football for three years and was a fullback on the UCR rugby team.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela from1966 to 1968. He learned Spanish and enjoyed living in San Fernando de Apure and El Tigrito, Venezuela and getting to know the people there. He traveled to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru where he visited Machu Picchu. He's married and has a son and a  daughter and two granddaughters. He went to law school at McGeorge in Sacramento and has a Master's degree from Stanford. He lived in Reno for one year where he was a talking head at KCRL, doing mainly sports but also writing and delivering movie reviews. Dan and wife, Vicki, lived for 4 years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico before returning to California.

Read some of Dan's short autobiographical stories

Dan's work draws deeply from his personal life experiences, reflecting the myriad of emotions and stories that have shaped him over the years. He invests not only his heart but also his soul into every page of his work.

  • A Fateful Choice

    In the turbulent year of 1965, with the shadow of Vietnam looming large, Dan faces a life-altering decision. Fearing the possibility of being drafted into the escalating war, he sought an escape. While picking up a pizza in Berkeley, a chance encounter with an old friend offered a lifeline: the Peace Corps...

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  • The quarters that changed everything

    In the summer of 1969, a chance encounter in a Palo Alto laundromat sparked a whirlwind romance for a young Stanford student. While waiting for his laundry, he offered four quarters to an elderly woman who needed change. Then, a captivating blonde in a white dress caught his eye...

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  • Rekindling an old flame

    While visiting a friend in Todos Santos, Dan receives a facebook message out of the blue from an old flame...

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  • San Fernando de Apure…Fe y Alegria School

    In bed one night fast asleep, a mosquito net hanging over us, something woke me up. I couldn’t see what but I could tell it was small and moving slightly. I turned on my flashlight and saw a bat six inches from my nose crawling along the mosquito net.

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