Robert Klose

Robert Klose lives in Maine. He has two adopted sons from Russia and Ukraine and teaches at the University of Maine. He is a long-time contributor of essays to The Christian Science Monitor. He is the author of six books: "Adopting Alyosha -- a Single Man Finds a Son in Russia," "Small Worlds -- Adopted Sons, Pet Piranhas & Other Mortal Concerns," "The Three-Legged Woman & Other Excursions in Teaching," a children's title, "The Legend of the River Pumpkins," and the novels, "Long Live Grover Cleveland" and "Life on Mars." His work has also appeared in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, Exquisite Corpse, and elsewhere. He is a four-time winner of the Maine Press Association's annual award for opinion writing.