Robert James Waller

Robert James Waller

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1939-08-01
Deathday: 2017-03-10 (77 years old)

Biography

Robert James Waller (August 1, 1939 – March 10, 2017) was an American author best known for The Bridges of Madison County. He was also a professor, photographer, and musician. Robert James Waller Jr. was born in Charles City, Iowa, and grew up in Rockford, Iowa. In 1961, he married Georgia Ann Wiedmeier. Waller received his BA ('62) and MA ('64) from University of Northern Iowa (then known as Iowa State Teachers College). He received his PhD in business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington in 1968.

Later that year he returned to UNI and began teaching management and economics, and in 1977 became a full professor. He became the founding dean of the College of Business in 1980 and retired from that position in 1986. In addition to his teaching and administrative duties, Waller was also the director of the university's International Business Institute.

In 1992, Waller published his first novel, The Bridges of Madison County. It became his first New York Times bestseller, and was the top best-seller in 1993. Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, have been made into motion pictures.

In 1997, Waller and his wife, Georgia, divorced. Around that time, he began a relationship with Linda Bow, who he married in 2004. An article in People Magazine commented on the divorce, "The parallels between Waller's life and his art—his Bridges heroine, farmwife Francesca, sacrifices her chance for happiness with a globe-hopping photographer in order to stay home and shield her loved ones from small-town scandal—haven't been lost on the locals".Waller died on March 10, 2017, at his home in Fredericksburg, Texas. He was 77 and had been battling multiple myeloma.

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1939-08-01

Deathday
2017-03-10 (77 years old)

Birth Place
Charles City, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America


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