CLS: Robin Yocum | Author

Robin Yocum will present on his best known fiction works set in the Ohio River Valley. His discussion will touch on his most recent novel, The Sacrifice of Lester Yates, which was released in 2021, as well as his novel A Brilliant Death, a Barnes & Noble No. 1 bestseller.

Robin Yocum’s other best know works include Favorite Sons, the 2011 Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense by USA Book News, and two non-fiction works: Dead Before Deadline . . . and Other Tales from the Police Beat and Insured for Murder, co-authored with Cathy Candisky. Yocum worked as a senior reporter on the investigative desk for the Columbus Dispatch, associate sports editor of the Martins Ferry, Ohio, Times Leader and reporter for the Lancaster, Ohio, Eagle-Gazette. Currently the principle at Yocum Communications, a public relations and marketing consulting firm in Galena, Ohio, which he founded, Yocum is a winner of more than thirty journalism awards and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University.