ABOUT ROBERT ANTON WILSON
An American author, philosopher, psychologist, and essayist, he co-authored The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Shea . His other popular works include Schrodinger's Cat (a novel) and Wilhelm Reich in Hell (a play).
After taking classes at New York University, he worked as an engineering aide, a salesman, a copywriter, and an associate editor of Playboy magazine.
He described himself as an agnostic.
He grew up in New York City and contracted polio as a child. He married Arlen Riley in 1958; they had four children.
He was an admirer of James Joyce and published commentary on Finnegans Wake.
