Pittsburgh is home to an incredible range of authors, publishing professionals, literary event organizers and opinion leaders.
Our city nurtures well-known and emerging literary talent and is the inspiration for many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to the authors you may recognize, Littsburgh’s evolving literary roster features some of the passionate people who work behind the scenes to find local and national audiences for this work, and who help make Pittsburgh a haven for writers and readers.
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Bob Hoover
Biography
Bob Hoover retired as the book editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2011 after reviewing maybe 500 books, writing at least 500 columns, author interviews and profiles and an ungodly amount of news coverage about local writers, the publishing business and Pittsburgh history and art. He continues to write book reviews for a variety of publications local and national while working on a book about the history of journalism in Pittsburgh (it’s not pretty). He blogs about books, local readings, national topics and Pittsburgh theater at: http://www.bobsburgh.com.