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| text = W. Andrew Robinson (born 1957) is a British author[http://www.librarything.com/author/robinsonandrew Andrew Robinson (1)], LibraryThing.[http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Robinson,%20Andrew Books by Andrew Robinson], Alibris. and former newspaper editor.Mark Twaite, [http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/interview/with/author/andrew-robinson Interview with Andrew Robinson], The Book Depository, 2009.

Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist. He is based in London and is currently a full-time writer.

Robinson has written several books about the history of writing, including:

  • The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms. Thames and Hudson (2000). {{ISBN|0-500-28156-4}}.Andrew Robinson, [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article2551945.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000 Andrew Robinson on the story of writing]. The Times, 29 September 2007.
  • Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts. McGraw-Hill (2002). {{ISBN|0-07-135743-2}}.James McConnachie, [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article5859173.ece Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson]. The Sunday Times, 8 March 2009.Andrew Robinson, [https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227106.000-decoding-antiquity-eight-scripts-that-still-cant-be-read.html Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read]. New Scientist, 27 May 2009.
  • Writing and Script. Oxford University Press (2009). {{ISBN|9780199567782}}.Steven Poole, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/19/writing-script-andrew-robinson-review Writing and Script by Andrew Robinson]. The Guardian, 19 September 2009.Greg Neale, "Book reviews: Writing and Script". Oxford Today, 22(2):37, 2010.

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