Edward Volney Robison is an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. His work most often focuses an unvarnished light on the events, encounters, and malaise of blue collar America, particularly in the logging region of the Pacific Northwest.Born in Bellingham, Washington to Mildred and Volney Robison, Ed Robison is the middle of three siblings. The family eventually moved to Los Angeles where Robison spent the majority of his childhood.