Gary D. Robson (May 11, 1958) is an American author from Red Lodge,

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. He is best known for his children's picture book series entitled ''Who Pooped in the Park?'', which teaches children about animal

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and tracks. The series currently comprises 20 books, mostly set in United States National Parks. The 20th book in the series was released in 2016, covering

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. Robson is also an expert in

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and

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technologies for

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and hard of hearing people.

Biography

Robson was born in

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in 1958 and grew up in

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, where he graduated from

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in 1976. He began writing for technical journals in 1984, and wrote a series of computer manuals before writing his first book in 1996 with Richard Sherman (a.k.a. Mr. Modem). He continued to write while working in the electronics industry until 2001, when he and his wife moved to Montana and purchased a bookstore. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of the monthly alternative newspaper in Red Lodge, The Local Rag.

Closed captioning

Cheetah International, the company founded by Robson and his wife, began producing software and equipment for

in 1997, and Robson published articles on the subject for a variety of publications, including the ''Journal of Court Reporting'', ''Newswaves'', and '' Nuts & Volts''. He holds three patents related to closed captioning: U.S. Patent #7,360,234 (2008), U.S. Patent #8,245,252 B2 (2012), and U.S. Patent #8,312,485 (2008). He was presented with the Andrew Saks Engineering Award for "outstanding contributions in improving visual accessibility to information via realtime captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans" by Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. in 1997. He wrote three books about closed captioning, most notably ''The Closed Captioning Handbook'', published by

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, then an imprint of

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. He presented a

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at TEDxBozeman in 2014 entitled, "Does closed captioning still serve deaf people?"

Works

Children's picture books

The ''Who Pooped in the Park?'' series is published by Farcountry Press in

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, Montana. Each book in the series focuses on the indigenous wildlife of a particular National Park or ecosystem in the United States. Robson has used two different illustrators. Elijah Brady Clark illustrated the first six books, and Robert Rath has illustrated the rest. * ''Who Pooped in

?'' – (2016) * ''Who Pooped in the

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?'' – (2015) * ''Who Pooped in the Cascades?'' – (2013) * ''Who Pooped in the

North Woods North Woods or Northwoods may refer to: * Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, a forested ecoregion in the United States and Canada also known as the North Woods. * Operation Northwoods, a proposed operation against the Cuban government that originate ...

?'' – (2008) * ''Who Pooped on the

Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States. This plateau covers an area of 336,700 km2 (130,000 mi2) within w ...

?'' – (2008) * ''Who Pooped in the

Black Hills The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak, which rises to , is the range's highest summit. The name of the range ...

?'' – (2007) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park is a national park of the United States that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern sect ...

)'' – (2007) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topograph ...

)'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Acadia National Park Acadia National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor, Maine, Bar Harbor. The park includes about half of Mount Desert ...

)'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Olympic National Park Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier e ...

)'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...

?'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park (often ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The park is long and narrow, with the Shenandoah River and its ...

)'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? ( Sequoia/

Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and ren ...

s)'' – (2006) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...

)'' – (2005) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in northwestern Arizona, the 15th site to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyo ...

)'' – (2005) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, United States, is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. ...

)'' – (2005) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The p ...

)'' – (2005) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately , the park includes the major peaks of the Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. G ...

)'' – (2004) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? ( Glacier National Park)'' – (2004) * ''Who Pooped in the Park? (

Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U ...

)'' – (2004)

Tea Books

* ''Myths & Legends of Tea, Volume 1'' – (2015) – Proseyr Publishing * ''A Tea Journey: Your Personal Tea Cupping Journal'' – (2015) – Proseyr Publishing

Closed captioning and related technologies

* ''The Closed Captioning Handbook'' – (2004) –

* ''Alternative Realtime Careers'' – (2000) – NCRA Press * ''Inside Captioning'' – (1997) – NCRA Press

Other nonfiction

* ''Gary's Guide to Successful Book Signings'' – (2016) – Proseyr Publishing * ''The Very Best of the Red Lodge Local Rag'' – (2015) – Proseyr Publishing * ''The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the

Smith Mine Disaster The Smith Mine disaster was the worst coal mining disaster in the U.S. state of Montana, and the 43rd worst in the United States, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). On February 27, 1943, at appr ...

of 1943, 3rd edition'' – (2015) – Proseyr Publishing (with Fay Kuhlman) * ''The Court Reporter's Guide to Cyberspace'' – (1996) – Cyberdawg Publishing (with Richard A. Sherman)

Awards and recognition

*1997 Andrew Saks Engineering Award *2014 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Silver medal in Non-Fiction – Animals, ''Who Pooped in the Cascades?'' *2014

High Plains Book Award The High Plains Book Awards are North American literary awards for literature about the High Plains (United States), High Plains region of the United States and Canada. Description The awards go to books that highlight the experience and lands ...

Finalist, ''Who Pooped in the Cascades?''“High Plains Book Award Finalists - 2014”
.

References

External links

Author page
on GoodReads
WorldCat page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robson, Gary D 1958 births Living people American children's writers Writers from Montana American male writers People from Red Lodge, Montana Animal sanctuary keepers