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Lucia St. Clair Robson

American writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ6696673 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942) is an American historical novelist. She is a 1982 and 2010 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Novel of the West. She was married to science fiction novelist Brian Daley.

Works

Ride the Wind (1982)

Walk in My Soul (1985)

Light a Distant Fire (1988)

The Tokaido Road (1991)

Mary's Land (1995)

Fearless, A Novel of Sarah Bowman (1998)

Ghost Warrior (2001)

Shadow Patriots (2005)

"A Chance of a Ghost", short story in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary (2009)

Last Train from Cuernavaca (2010)

References

Further reading

Talking with...Lucia St. Clair Robson, by John Coyne, Peace Corps Writers.

Novelist Taps History for Story Set in 17th Century Maryland[link removed] by L. Peat O'Neil, Washington Post, September 14, 1995.

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The public source identifies “Lucia St. Clair Robson” as american writer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lucia, Clair and Robson.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1982, 2010, 1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942-09-24. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lucia, Clair and Robson providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lucia St. Clair Robson”, the useful work is to connect “american writer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6696673. VIAF identifies the subject as 33105738. The Library of Congress control number is n82068523. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942, 1982, 2010 and 1985.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lucia St. Clair Robson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.