The VCU Libraries is proud to announce that author Tom Robbins will host
a fundraising event to benefit the VCU Libraries on Sunday, October 5,
2003, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. Tickets are
available in advance through the VCU Libraries development office at
(804) 828-1105 or email [log in to unmask] Ticket are $75 per individual
or $125 per couple and seating is limited. Donations made to the VCU
Libraries are tax deductible. Don't miss this once in a lifetime
opportunity to mingle with author Tom Robbins.

Tom Robbins latest work is Villa Incognito, published by Bantam
Doubleday Dell in 2003. He is the author of eight works, of which the
last six have been on the New York Times best-seller list. All of his
books are still in print. Writers Digest named Tom Robbins one of the
100 Best Writers of the Twentieth Century. The San Francisco Chronicle
selected his second book, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, as on of the 100
Best Novels of the 20th Century. His novels have been translated into
seventeen foreign languages. He is the only living writer whose complete
works are available in Greek.

Tom Robbins was born in North Carolina and reared in Virginia. He
attended Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth
University). After a stint on the copy desk at the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, Robbins did graduate work in Asian philosophies at the
University of Washington in Seattle, became a nationally known art
critic, and commenced his literary career with the publication of
Another Roadside Attraction in 1971. He currently resides outside of
Seattle, Washington.

Special Collections and Archives, located on the 4th floor of James
Branch Cabell Library, houses Tom Robbins' original manuscripts. To
learn more about the collection, contact Special Collections and
Archives at (804) 828-1108.

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