Born: 11/16/1942   Lockport
Parents: Robert L. and Marie J. Root
Spouse: Susan C. Preston Root
Children: Rebecca Wildfong, Thomas, Caroline
Address(es):
Permanent :
2412 Fox River Pkwy Unit D
Waukesha , WI 53189
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.rootwriting.com/

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Happenstance - Family Memoir	Non Fiction	Adult	Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press	2013
	Postscripts : retrospections on time and place - A collection of his essays for radio	Non Fiction	Adult	Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press	2012
	Following Isabella : travels in Colorado then and now	Non Fiction , Biography , Travel	Adult	Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press	2009
	The nonfictionist's guide : on reading and writing creative nonfiction	Non Fiction	Adult	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield	2008
	Landscapes with Figures : The Nonfiction of Place - Editor	Non Fiction	Adult	Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press	2007
	Recovering Ruth: A Biographer's Tale - Michigan Notable Book 2004	Non Fiction , Biography	Adult	Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press	2003
	Diaries of an Isle Royale Fisherman - Editor/Writings of Elling Seglem dated 1919-1932	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Houghton, MI : Isle Royale Natural History Association	2002
	Island Within Us:Isle Royale Artists-in-Residence 1991-1998, with Jill Burkland	Non Fiction		Isle Royale Natural History Assn.	2000
	E. B. White: The Emergence of an Essayist	Non Fiction	Adult	Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press	1999
	Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction with Michael Steinberg - With Michael Steinberg	Non Fiction	Adult	Boston, Ma : Allyn & Bacon, Longman (2nd edn)	1999 -2013
	Time by Moments Steals Away: The 1848 Journal of Ruth Douglass - Isle Royale	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Adult	Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press	1998
	Those Who Do, Can: Teachers Writing, Writers Teaching	Non Fiction	Adult	Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)	1996
	Wordsmithery: A Guide to Working at Writing -	Non Fiction	Adult	Macmillan; 2nd edition Allyn & Bacon	1994 -1998
	Critical Essays on E. B. White - Editor	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : G. K. Hall	1994
	Working at Writing : Columnists and Critics Composing	Non Fiction	Adult	Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press	1991
	Rhetorics of Popular Culture: Advertising, Advocacy, Entertainment	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Greenwood Press	1987
	Thomas Southerne - Twayne English Authors Series	Non Fiction	Adult	Boston, MA : G. K. Hall	1981
	Modern newspaper editing	Non Fiction	Adult	San Francisco, CA : Boyd & Fraser	1976
	- Academic articles in Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, Writing on the Edge, Language Arts Journal	Non Fiction	Adult
	- Creative nonfiction in Center, Brevity, Peninsula, The Dunes Review, Rockhurst Review, The New Review, Hawaii English Journal, North Dakota Quarterly, from Scratch, Ann Arbor Scene Magazine, The Great Lakes Quarterly, Detroit Magazine, MSU Alumni Magazine, Kansas City Star Magazine, Monthly Detroit	Non Fiction	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: My success is attributable to a personal commitment to the projects I undertake -- I want to learn about the subject and I follow the path of my curiosity -- and a habit of writing daily, either on one or another project or in journals.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

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