Robert McKown

I am 34 years old. A graduate of Long Ridge Writer’s Group. I write both fiction and non-fiction. I’ve had short stories published in small publications such as Downstate Story and Conceit.

I was an honorable mention award winner of the PEN American Prison Writing Contest of 2007 for the first chapter of my memoir Bobby’s Innocence. I am currently working on my novel Chronicles of a Fern.


Articles by Robert McKown

Tuesday June 24

Bobby’s Innocence

Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright, They just seem a little weird                                    -Cheap Trick Chapter 1 There’s two things I have never known my mom to do: drive a car, or have a job that involves bringing home a paycheck. Her only job is to do what she does best. Holding down the fort. Mom has