Robin Chapman
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer, Journalist, Historian |
| Location | Los Altos, California, United States |
| Introduction | Television journalist and the author of five books, Robin covered news in the West and in Florida and spent a decade covering national stories in Washington D.C. She now lives and works as a writer in her California hometown. CALIFORNIA APRICOTS: THE LOST ORCHARDS OF SILICON VALLEY, was published by the History Press in 2013; and her latest book, HISTORIC BAY AREA VISIONARIES was published by the History Press in 2018. She now writes a column for the Los Altos Town Crier. |
| Interests | Classic Films, Theater, Politics, True Crime, History |
| Favorite movies | The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Past,The Thin Man, Judgment at Nuremberg, Dead of Night, Psycho, The Third Man, Genevieve, The Shop Around the Corner, Legally Blonde |
| Favorite music | Jazz |
| Favorite books | The Complete Sherlock Holmes (known as The Canon) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; A Night to Remember; Team of Rivals: Cold Sassy Tree; The Stranger Beside Me; Helter Skelter; The Southpaw and It Looked Like For Ever by Mark Harris; anything by and about Sir Winston Churchill. |
Which is more important to you and why: flexibility or expandability?
Flexibility encompasses the latter.