Rob Osler

Rob Osler is a cozy and historical mystery novelist who is credited with coining the term “quozy” for his novels that combine the two genres. The author was born and brought up in Boise, Idaho, and then went to the Tacoma Washington-based University of Puget Sound for a bachelor’s in Philosophy degree. Rob then moved to Chicago and spent more than ten years working as an advertising copywriter. After transitioning to brand strategy, he went back to school at the University of Washington in Seattle where he got an MBA. Thereafter, he spent more than twenty years in senior roles for corporations and agencies in San Francisco and Seattle. He continued writing throughout this time focusing on brand strategy and business communications, even as he published articles in The Journal of Brand Management.