What is Robert James Waller?
{{Infobox person | name = Robert James Waller | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert James Waller Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|8|1}} | birth_place = [[Rockford, Iowa]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|10|1939|8|1}} | death_place = [[Fredericksburg, Texas]], U.S. | education = [[University of Northern Iowa]], BA '62, MA '64<br/>[[Kelley School of Business]], [[Indiana University Bloomington]], PhD '68 | occupation = Academic, educator, writer | spouse = Georgia Ann Wiedemeier (1961–1997; divorced); 1 child<br/>Linda Bow (2004–2017; his death) | children = Rachel Waller | notable_works = The Bridges of Madison County }} '''Robert James Waller''' (August 1, 1939 – March 10, 2017) was an American author. He was best known for ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'', a very successful book in 1993. He was also a photographer and musician. Waller died on March 10, 2017, at his home in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]]. He was 77 and had been battling [[multiple myeloma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-robert-james-waller-20170310-story.html |title='Bridges of Madison County' author Robert James Waller dies at 77 |date=March 10, 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> ==Novels== *''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (1992) (original UK title ''Love in Black and White'') *''[[Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend]]'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-446-51653-8}} *''[[Puerto Vallarta Squeeze]]'' (1995) *''Border Music'' (1995) *''[[A Thousand Country Roads]]: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County'' (2002) *''High Plains Tango'' (2005) *''The Long Night of Winchell Dear'' (2007) ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, Robert James}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:Educators from Iowa]] [[Category:Musicians from Iowa]]