<p>I know there are more than one Bob Norrises in this world. So I am wondering how confused I am. I just got the following bio off of a "Bob Norris'" website. He is an author and I'm wondering if this is the same guy that is being credited with the above letter? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>"A Brief Biography</p>
<p>I was born January 11, 1951 in Arcata, California, a small logging town on the northwest coast. I attended schools in both Arcata and Fortuna before graduating from Arcata High School in 1969. I remember my father driving our family through the redwoods down to San Francisco to watch the newly arrived San Francisco Giants play a game against the Milwaukee Braves in 1958. The Braves won that game and I was smitten. I'm still crazy about the Braves and baseball. I was a better basketball player, however, and went on to become an all-county selection in my senior year.</p>
<p>I entered the Air Force in September 1969, went through many changes, subsequently became a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, was court-martialed for refusing to fight in the war, and served time in a military prison. In my twenties I roamed across the United States, went to Europe twice, and made one journey around the world. During that time I worked as a millhand, construction laborer, stevedore, mailman, baker, saute cook, and oil rig steward. My dream in those days was to be a writer and live in a foreign country. I tried going to college, but dropped out twice. I did, however, read everything I could get my hands on. I was heavily influenced by Jack Kerouac, Jack London, Henry Miller, Tom Wolfe, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Conrad, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevski, Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, and John Steinbeck. I wrote feverishly at that time, pumping out a lot of self-commiserating stories about a former CO trying to find his niche in life.</p>
<p>I landed in Japan in 1983, and have lived and taught English here since. The first few years were a bit rough, but eventually I set my sights on getting a degree and finding a university teaching job. It took seven years while working at various conversation schools and companies, but I finished both a B.A. and an M.A. by correspondence. I hooked on full-time at <em>**uoka Women's Junior College in 1992 and was promoted to *</em>*uoka International University (on the same campus) in 1998. In 1996 my first novel Looking for the Summer was published, followed by a textbook The Many Roads to Japan in 1997 and another novel Toraware in 1998.</p>
<p>I met my wife Shizuyo about six months after coming to Japan. We were both living in the Osaka-Kobe area. We were married in 1987. We now live in the outskirts of <em>**uoka, the main city on the island of Kyushu. I am currently a professor and the dean of students at *</em>*uoka International University."</p>