crosses genres, and will appeal to a wide audience: self-help, literary, essays, philosophy, psychology
author suffers from serious depression related to OCD. This book came out of a suicidal period, when he came up with a list of fifteen reasons why he should not kill himself. Or, more optimistically, fifteen reasons to live. They range from Love and Work to Intoxication, and, paradoxically, death itself. Robertson offers a unique and appealing perspective on what we all have to live for, even if we occasionally forget it.
Ray Robertson is Canada's answer to Nick Hornby, and his work will appeal to the same readership
Texas State graduate, he also has connections at Penn State-Erie, George Mason, and elsewhere
one of his novels Moody Food has been published in the US, so he has some American profile
