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​Christopher Robinson is a Boston University and Hunter College MFA graduate, a MacDowell Colony fellow, Yaddo fellow, and a Yale Younger Poets Prize finalist. He currently produces and writes The Truth About True Crime with his wife, Amanda Knox, and contributes to www.crimestory.com. You can find his joint work with Amanda at www.knoxrobinson.com
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Gavin Kovite was an infantry platoon leader in Baghdad from 2004-2005. He attended NYU Law, then served for four years as an Army lawyer. He is now a high school teacher. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Molly, and his daughter, Oona.
Together, Robinson & Kovite have authored two novels War of the Encylopaedists (Scribner, 2015), and Deliver Us (Alephactory, 2018).

Print Interviews

Two Guys and a Novel
     — Bostonia Magazine, Oct 14, 2015

The Kids AREN'T Alright: Phil Klay talks with the Authors of "War of the Encyclopaedists"
      — Omnivoracious, The Amazon Book Review, May 19, 2015

Two Novelists Double Down on Iraq War
     — The Daily Beast, Interview by Matt Gallagher, Aug 02, 2015

Words After War Interview with Sara Novic
     — Huffington Post, Jul 14, 2015

What Isn't Absurd
     — New Orleans Review, Interview by Ryan Bubalo, Sep 29, 2015

After War of the Encyclopaedists: an Interview with Christopher Robinson And Gavin Kovite About What Comes Next 
     — Amanda Knox, Jun 9, 2015.

A Q&A with Shelf Unbound Magazine
     — Shelf Unbound, June/July 2015 (page 8)

An Interview with Kirkus Reviews
     — Kirkus Reviews, Interview by Sean Rose, May 21, 2015.

A Poet and a Soldier Collaborate on a Novel about Seattle Millennials
     — Seattle Times, Interviews by Walker Orenstein, May 18, 2015.

War of the Encyclopaedists Debuts May 19
     — Wall Street Journal, Interview by Jennifer Maloney, May 5, 2015.


Radio Interviews

'War of the Encyclopaedists' In Baghdad And Boston
 — Radio Boston, Nov 6, 2015

Open Book with Mariella Frostrup (3rd segment of program)
 — BBC Radio 4, Jul 23, 2015

Late Night Conversation with Paul Martone
 — Late Night Library, Jun 2, 2015

The collaborative novel: Are two (or more!) heads better than one?

— CBC Radio Toronto, Q with Gill Deacon, Sep 14, 2015