Robert H. Locke | |
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| Born | 30 December 1944  (age 78)Vallejo |
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| Occupation | Writer, playwright |
| Works | Story for a Black Night |
| Family | Richard Holt Locke |
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| Website | http://webpages.csus.edu/~boblocke/ |
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Robert Locke (born 1944) in Vallejo, California, sometimes known by the pseudonym Clayton Bess is an American writer, playwright, and librarian.
Robert Locke spent three years in Liberia as part of the Peace Corps. [1]
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