Robbins was born in Blowing Rock, N.C., a resort town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His grandfathers were both Southern Baptist ministers — one “would literally ride a mule into those hollers ...

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues author dies, aged 92 - Writer was known for his audacious metaphors and ‘seriocomic’ tone ...

Musicals have stood out as a landmark genre in cinema ever since the first film with sound, The Jazz Singer. Since then, ...

Mr. Robbins kept his growing army of fans at arm’s length. Extremely private, he rarely sat for interviews or stood for photographs, and he only occasionally left his home, in the tugboat town ...

Tom Robbins, a one-time Richmonder who became an acclaimed novelist known for such witty works as “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” died Sunday at 92.

Novelist Tom Robbins, whose counterculture works included “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug Perfume,” died Sunday.

NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball ...

Those who knew Tom Robbins well seem to have nothing but good things to say about this kind, romantic, talented man. I wish I had known him better. Those of us living along the shores of Puget Sound ...

Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday. He was 92. Robbins' death was ...