Robert Olen Butler is an American novelist born on January 20, 1945 in Illinois. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. His net worth, biography, age, height, family and career updates are widely available online.
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Robert Olen Butler, a prominent novelist hailing from Illinois, has an estimated net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million as of 2024. Known for his remarkable literary contributions, Butler has established himself as a highly respected figure in the world of fiction. Throughout his successful career, he has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for his thought-provoking storytelling and distinctive writing style. As a skilled novelist, Butler's net worth reflects both his talent and the recognition he has gained in the literary community.
An American writer of novels and short fiction, he is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. His novels include Sun Dogs, Wabash, and Mr. Spaceman.
He served in Vietnam as both a translator and a counter-intelligence special agent for the U.S. Army.
He taught creative writing at both McNeese State University (Louisiana) and Florida State University.
The son of an actor, he studied theater at Northwestern University and dramatic writing at the University of Iowa. He was married four times; he wed his fourth wife, Kelly Lee Daniels, in 2012.
He and Jesse Hill Ford were both Guggenheim fellowship recipients.
