Prose & Cons hosted by Alicia Adams & Rafael F J Alvarado

Join Alicia and Rafael as they talk to Robert Olen Butler as he talks bout his book Hell Robert Olen Butler (born 1945) is an American author. Author Biography - Butler was born in Granite City, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University as a theater major (B.S., 1967) and switched to playwriting at the University of Iowa (M.A., 1969). In 1972, he married poet Marylin Geller and they had one child, Joshua. After the usual collection of odd jobs, including steel mill labor, taxi driving, and substitute teaching in high schools, Butler joined Fairfield Publications and worked on such trade publications as Electronic News. He became editor-in-chief of Energy User News in 1975.