Brief Biography
Robert E. Kroll was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1947. He graduated from Providence College in 1969. A Canadian citizen since 1975, Robert has been a resident of Halifax for the past thirty years.
Robert has written radio dramas for CBC Radio, a stage play (Cry for the Moon) for the Mulgrave Road Theatre Company, and documentaries for the Discovery Channel.
Selected List of Publications
- Ticonderoga: The Battle of 1758. A docudrama about a French victory against overwhelming odds.
- Bennett. A docudrama about the life of R.B. Bennett, Canada's 11th Prime Minister.
- Oceans of Mystery. 26 one-hour documentary episodes.
- Grand Pré. Historical docu-drama about the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia (Grand Pré National Historical Site).
- A Harbour Worth Defending. Historical documentary about the Halifax Defence Complex (Halifax Citadel National Historical Site).
- The Hill. Historical docu-drama about the French and English struggle to control Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland (Signal Hill National Historic Site).
- Intimate Fragments. An irreverent chronicle of early Halifax. Nimbus, 1984.
- "Intimate Fragments is a well-crafted account of life in early Halifax as seen through the eyes of a fictional judge. But it takes some detective work to unmask what Kroll has cleverly disguised as a true slice of history. Once the deception is stripped away, Kroll's talent becomes obvious. Intimate Fragments is an ambitious re-creation of another time and place, breathing life into the yellowing letters and newpaper accounts that are the stuff of history." - Dean Jobb, Halifax Chronicle-Herald
- "What Kroll has written is so representative of what went on during that period of Halifax's history, that it can fool anyone who is historically knowledgeable. The clues are so subtle that you have to be looking for the fiction to actually realize it. I thought it was factual as I read it, even though I knew it wasn't." - Dorothy Blythe, Frank Magazine
