Robert Westfield (born 1972) is an American writer, who won two

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in 2007 for his

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''Suspension''."Report from the 2007 Lammy Awards"
AfterElton.com, June 5, 2007. The novel, published in 2006 by

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, was nominated for and won Lambdas in the categories of

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and Gay Debut Fiction. Born in 1972 in

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, Westfield attended

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, earning a degree in Theatre and English, and winning several student awards for his writing. He has also written several plays, including ''A Wedding Album'', ''The Pennington Plot'', ''A Tulip Economy'' and ''A Home Without'', as well as acting as cowriter and

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for plays by Marc Wolf, including ''Blessed Plot'' and ''Another American: Asking and Telling''."Weston announces a rich new season"
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'', January 9, 2013. His second novel, tentatively titled ''The Sightseers'', has not yet been published.

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