Robert Hodam

Robert Hodam (1944-present) Born to a family of subsistence farmers in eastern Oklahoma who never reached the eight grade, whose father was a part-time janitor in a small town warehouse, he went on to graduate Stanford University as an engineer, start several global companies in the Philippines and Japan, and travel and work in 64 other countries.

His short stories and novels are based on actual incidents of assassinations, coups, murder and fascinating eye witness accounts that occurred during his travels and consulting work for the World Bank, United Nations, U.S. Congress, Standard Oil, USAID, etc., and on his experience as a Captain in the U.S. Army, a fry cook at Disneyland, an oil field roustabout, bartender at Harrah's Club, and CEO of the International Center for Economic Growth, a global professional network of macroeconomists in 118 countries.