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Robert James Waller, author of Bridges of Madison County

by KarenaD on Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:35 pm

Sadly, another renowned author has died of multiple myeloma – Robert James Waller, the author of The Bridges of Madison County.

For more information, see:

Grimes, W, "Robert James Waller, Author of ‘The Bridges of Madison County,’ Dies at 77," The New York Times, March 10, 2017 (full text of article)

Excerpt:

Robert James Waller, whose gauzy, romantic novel “The Bridges of Madison County” became a runaway best seller on its publication in 1992 and the basis of a popular film, died on Friday at his home in Fredericksburg, Tex. He was 77.

The cause was multiple myeloma, his daughter, Rachael Waller, said.

The novel came out of the blue. Mr. Waller, on leave from teaching business at the University of Northern Iowa, was shooting pictures with a friend along the Mississippi River in the early 1990s when he decided to make a detour and photograph covered bridges in Madison County, Iowa. He was an enthusiastic guitarist and singer, and years earlier he had written a song about the dreams of a woman named Francesca. An idea stirred.

Two weeks later he had completed the manuscript of “The Bridges of Madison County.”