© 2026 Robert McEvilla, The Goats of Santo Domingo, Fender Head, and A Laurel To Rest On
Robert McEvilla
Greetings
I am Bob McEvilla, but you can call me Robert for short. I live in the backwoods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I was born and raised in Chicago. I have lived in Round Lake, IL; Gurnee, IL; Wadsworth, IL; Des Plains, IL; and Kenosha, WI. I worked as a pipe-fitter at a steel mill and a stationary engineer at Loyola University in Chicago. In addition, I found time to be a stand-up comic which led to radio and television commercials. In fact I have done everything except bust broncos and shoot buffalo for the railroad. I survived a forest fire, two floods, forty parachute jumps and a revolution in Latin America. When I am not writing, I spend my time chopping firewood, picking ticks off my belly, and swatting mosquitoes. During the summer season, I work weekends as a ticket taker for the Glider/Military museum in Iron Mountain, MI. I have a daughter and two sons. Then there are six grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. I am engaged to Anna Volovik, formerly of Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Novelist
Robert McEvilla
Novelist
Robert’s short stories have been published in
various literary magazines. His first novel The
Goats of Santo Domingo was based on his
experiences with the 82nd Airborne Division in
Dominican Republic. For more information
about the book click here. To order this book
from Amazon, click here.
His second book, in paperback, is a detective
mystery. A Laurel to Rest on debuted on June 25,
2015. For more information, click here.
His third book, Finder Head is a crime mystery,
deputed on February 17, 2021. For more
information on this book, click here.
© 2026 Robert McEvilla, The Goats of Santo Domingo,
Fender Head, and A Laurel To Rest On
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Robert McEvilla
Greetings
I am Bob McEvilla, but you can call me Robert for short. I live in the backwoods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I was born and raised in Chicago. I have lived in Round Lake, IL; Gurnee, IL; Wadsworth, IL; Des Plains, IL; and Kenosha, WI. I worked as a pipe-fitter at a steel mill and a stationary engineer at Loyola University in Chicago. In addition, I found time to be a stand-up comic which led to radio and television commercials. In fact I have done everything except bust broncos and shoot buffalo for the railroad. I survived a forest fire, two floods, forty parachute jumps and a revolution in Latin America. When I am not writing, I spend my time chopping firewood, picking ticks off my belly, and swatting mosquitoes. During the summer season, I work weekends as a ticket taker for the Glider/Military museum in Iron Mountain, MI. I have a daughter and two sons. Then there are six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I am engaged to Anna Volovik, formerly of Saint- Petersburg, Russia.
Novelist
Robert’s short stories have been published in various
literary magazines. His first novel The Goats of Santo
Domingo was based on his experiences with the
82nd Airborne Division in Dominican Republic. For
more information about the book click here. To
order this book from Amazon, click here.
His second book, in paperback, is a detective
mystery. A Laurel to Rest on debuted on June 25,
2015. For more information, click here.
His third book, Finder Head is a crime mystery,
deputed on February 17, 2021. For more information
on this book, click here.
