Roberta Rogow

Roberta Rogow (born 1942)^[1] is an American writer of speculative fiction and fan fiction, and a filk singer-songwriter.

Career

Rogow is a professional children's librarian by profession. She started her writing career as the editor of Grip, a media-based fanzine, 1978–1996.^[2]

She has written several mystery novels based on a(n imaginary) collaboration between Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll. She has also penned a number of short stories, including contributions to the shared world science fiction series Merovingen Nights.

Filking

As a filksinger, she has appeared at science fiction conventions, mostly in the Northeast United States, including Albacon. She has also appeared internationally, at Torcon 3.^[3]

Rogow has characterized her filk tapes as "electronic fanzines" that reach about 2,000 people.^[4]

Roberta was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame on April 20, 2013.^[5]

Roberta has recorded 8 filk tapes and 5 CDs, some of which were self-published. Her current music publisher is Floating Filk Studios.^[6]

She has also published 18 songbooks called "Rec-Room Rhymes".

Personal

Rogow lived in Fair Lawn, New Jersey from 1972 to 2002.^[7] Since 2002, she has lived in Irvington, New Jersey.

Works

• Heroes & Villains (& Some In Between....) (Filk CD). 2012. 
• Dark Deeds & Desperate Men (and Women) (Filk CD). 2011. 
• The Root of the Matter. 2010. 
• One Filk Two Filk Old Filk New Filk (Filk CD). 2009. 
• The Guilty Client. 2009. 
• Alive and Filking (Filk CD). 2007. 
• The Problem of the Surly Servant. 2001. 
• The Problem of the Evil Editor. 2000. 
• The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist. 1999. 
• The Problem of the Missing Hoyden. 1999. 
• The Problem of the Missing Miss. 1998. 
• Futurespeak: A Fan's Guide to the Language of Science Fiction. Universal Sales & Marketing. 1991. ISBN 1-55778-347-0. 

References

1. ↑ http://www.locusmag.com/index/s630.html
2. ↑ "Roberta Rogow". OverDrive. Retrieved 2016-06-11. 
3. ↑ Torcon 3 official program. Accessed October 27, 2009.
4. ↑ Lisa A. Lewis, The Adoring audience: fan culture and popular media, p. 230 (Routledge, 1992) ISBN 0-415-07820-2, ISBN 978-0-415-07820-7, see also pp. 221-222, 233, found at Google books. Accessed October 27, 2009.
5. ↑ http://www.filkontario.ca/hof/inductees/rogowr.html
6. ↑ http://www.floatingfilk.com
7. ↑ via Associated Press. "On The Light Side Of News", The Gettysburg Times, March 9, 1977. Accessed May 10, 2016. "The first index of Star Trek stories, written by fans in the 10 years the show has been off the air, is being put together by a Fair Lawn librarian. Roberta Rogow has purchased 20,000 index cards on which she hopes to compile the 'Trekindex', a guide to finding all the works."

External links

• author info at Books-n-Bytes
• Current CD publisher for Roberta
• Roberta Rogow at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Roberta's Bandcamp Page