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Robin Meloy Goldsby

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment

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Frank Conroy, William Zinsser, Bill Bryson, David Sedaris

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"Goldsby has a wicked sense of humor and a keen eye for the absurd—big-hearted, funny, truly eye-opening memoir."
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Love, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian.

"Goldsby has seen it all from her piano and she dishes it up with a true storyteller's gusto. As refreshing as a frozen daiquiri." Jeff Yanc, Book Sense Picks and Notables

Robin Meloy Goldsby's first book, Piano Girl: A Memoir, made its hardcover debut in spring, 2005. The book presents a collection of autobiographical short stories--some funny, some poignant--that explore the life of a working musician.

Piano Girl Playbook: Notes on a Musical Life is the long awaited follow-up to Piano Girl. Goldsby's back catalog includes Rhythm: "Goldsby has a wicked sense of humor and a keen eye for the absurd—big-hearted, funny, truly eye-opening memoir."
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Love, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian.

"Goldsby has seen it all from her piano and she dishes it up with a true storyteller's gusto. As refreshing as a frozen daiquiri." Jeff Yanc, Book Sense Picks and Notables

Robin Meloy Goldsby's first book, Piano Girl: A Memoir, made its hardcover debut in spring, 2005. The book presents a collection of autobiographical short stories--some funny, some poignant--that explore the life of a working musician.

Piano Girl Playbook: Notes on a Musical Life is the long awaited follow-up to Piano Girl. Goldsby's back catalog includes Rhythm: A Novel; Waltz of the Asparagus People: The Further Adventures of Piano Girl; and Manhattan Road Trip: Short Stories. Fragile, feisty, courageous, but sometimes just plain world-weary, Goldsby’s unbreakable protagonists push aside little injustices, dodge the slings and arrows of their tone-deaf neighbors, and keep playing the music they love.

Fodder for Goldsby's literary musings, Robin Meloy Goldsby's solo piano career has taken her from Pittsburgh’s roadside dives to posh New York City venues and exclusive resorts, and on to the European castles and concert stages where she now performs. A Steinway Artist, she has eight solo piano recordings to her name and has appeared in the USA on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.

Currently, Robin is the featured pianist at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst in Cologne, Germany. Her quiet, elegant solo-piano music is popular on streaming platforms, with over 160 million streams in the USA alone.

Ms. Goldsby often serves as a cultural ambassador for European organizations dedicated to transatlantic relations. In November 2017, she presented her Home and Away program at Buckingham Palace for HRH, the Prince of Wales. She has performed her original music for German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Atlantik Brücke, e.V ); for numerous U.S. Consulates and Embassies in Europe; for Amerika Haus, e.V. NRW; for Steinway in New York, Berlin, Oslo, Düsseldorf, and Vienna; and for the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) worldwide. In 2014 Goldsby and her daughter, Julia, wrote and performed the theme song, “Maybe It’s You,” for the NGO International Women’s Forum at the United Nations in Geneva.

Robin is married to jazz bassist John Goldsby. They have two adult children, and live near Cologne Germany.

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	Piano Girl: A Memoir: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian 3.87 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waltz of the Asparagus People: The Further Adventures of Piano Girl 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhythm: A Novel 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piano Girl Playbook: Notes on a Musical Life 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manhattan Road Trip: Short Stories 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 1: by Betty

Nov 21, 2008 12:42PM

Hi, Robin,

How are you today? Anything new with your novels?

If you have a moment, please go vote for my Toonies Invade Silicon Valley as Best YA book. I'd appreciate it. The voting link: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/43...

As a new friend, I'd like to wish you the best of look with all your writing projects.

Thanks so much,
Fondly - Betty Dravis
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