Robert C Yeager
Robert C Yeager
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Author Journalist
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Specialty Subjects : Collector cars, famous jewels
Book Credits : Seasons of Shame: The New Violence in Sports , reviewed in Barrons , the New York Times , et al, excerpted in Reader's Digest , featured on CBS 60 Minutes; Losing It: The Economic Fall of the Middle Class translated, excerpted in Readers Digest , featured as a four-day serialized excerpt in 60 metropolitan newspapers. His novel, The Romanov Stone , won an Independent Publisher's ''Ippy'' for suspense/thrillers, an IndieReader Discovery Award for General Fiction at Book Expo New York, and was optioned by a Hollywood film director. His new novel, The Great Mogul , will be published by Rogue Phoenix Press on May 1, 2026.
Enter your professional bio here : Robert C. Yeager For the past dozen years, Robert C. Yeager has written about collector cars and collector car markets for The New York Times. Prior to that he was a longtime originals writer for Reader's Digest. He has worked as a daily newspaper reporter, an Associated Press correspondent, and a CEO-level speechwriter for a Fortune Top 10 company. His nonfiction book Seasons of Shame: The New Violence in Sports, was reviewed in Barrons, the New York Times, et al, excerpted in Reader's Digest and featured on CBS 60 Minutes; Losing It: The Economic Fall of the Middle Class was translated, excerpted in Readers Digest, and featured as a four-day serialized excerpt in some 60 metropolitan newspapers. His novel, The Romanov Stone, won an Independent Publisher's ''Ippy'' for suspense/thrillers, an IndieReader Discovery Award for General Fiction at Book Expo New York, and was optioned by a prominent Hollywood film director. His new novel, The Great Mogul, will be published by Rogue Phoenix Press on May 1, 2026. Born in Los Angeles, Yeager attended Columbia University and has degrees from Whittier College and the University of California at Berkeley. He has lived in the U.S. and London, England, and traveled in the UK, Africa, Europe, Mexico and Canada.
Writing Credits : New York Times; Vital Speeches; Readers Digest; Business Week; Family Circle; Medical World News; The Physician and Sportsmedicine; Kiwanis International; Pebble Beach Insider; Ladies Home Journal; Woman’s Day; Encyclopaedia Britannica; San Francisco; American Education; Nation's Schools; and others. His awards include: Best San Francisco Bay Area Writing Portfolio, International Association of Business Communicators; the American Public Health Association’s 1st Place Vision Award (for Reader’s Digest project, translated into 17 languages); The Stanford Publishing Course, 1st Place, Magazines; 1st Place, Environmental Magazine Writing (Business Week). Nominated for the National Magazine Award by Reader’s Digest.
Awards and Recognition : Awards include: Best San Francisco Bay Area Writing Portfolio, International Association of Business Communicator; American Public Health Association's lst Place Vision Award (for Reader's Digest project, translated into 17 languages); The Stanford Publishing Course, lst Place, Magazines; lst Place, Environmental Magazine Writing ( Business Week ). Nominated, National Magazine Award, by Reader's Digest . Independent Publisher's ''Ippy'' for suspense-thrillers; IndieReader Discovery Award for General Fiction, both for The Romanov Stone .
Skills (Select all that apply) : Annual reports, Articles, Books, Feature writing, Speechwriting, Conference/meeting coverage, Photography
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Professional Membership
