- On December 23, 1960, he fell asleep in a hot bath after taking a sedative. Three weeks later, on January 13, 1961, he died in New York of complications from the resulting second and third-degree burns. He is buried in Artists Cemetery, Woodstock, Ulster County, New York.
- He was an instructor in English at Columbia University, and a senior editor at Reader's Digest.
- Graduated from Columbia College in 1923.
- His son, Anthony Robinson, is also a noted novelist.
- Served in the US Navy during World War I.
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