Ray Robertson is the author of nine novels, seven collections of non-fiction, and a book of poetry. His work has been translated into several languages. He contributed the liner notes to three Grateful Dead archival releases: Dave’s Picks #45, the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 box set, and the Mars Hotel 50th Anniversary edition. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, he lives Toronto.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Home Movies''. Cormorant Books, 1997 *''Heroes''. Dundurn, 2000 *''Moody Food''. Doubleday, 2002 *''Gently Down the Stream''. Cormorant Books, 2005 *''What Happened Later''. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007 *''David''. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2009 *''I Was There the Night He Died''. Biblioasis, 2014 *''1979''. Biblioasis, 2018 *''Estates Large and Small''. Biblioasis, 2022

Non-fiction

*''Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing''. Insomniac Press, 2003 *''Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live''. Biblioasis, 2011 *''Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)''. Biblioasis, 2016 *''How to Die: A Book About Being Alive.'' Biblioasis, 2020 *''All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows''. Biblioasis, 2023 *''Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)''. Biblioasis, 2025 *''The Right to be Wrong''. Cormorant Books, 2026

Poetry

* ''The Old Man in the Mirror Isn't Me: Last Call Haiku.'' Exile, 2020

External links

Author's website
*Publisher's website: https://www.biblioasis.com/author/robertson-ray/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Ray Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male novelists People from Chatham-Kent Canadian male essayists 20th-century Canadian essayists 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian essayists 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian male writers