Name: John Robinson Title: Licensed Sales Agent Company: Magnusson Balfour Commercial and Business Brokerage Location: 95 India Street, Portland Place of birth and year: New York City, 1968 Family: Married, four children College: Harvard College A.B. 1990 Brown University MFA 1995 First job unrelated to your current field: Novelist First job in current field: Agent with Investcomm Commercial Group, Kennebun What your firm does now and its plans for the future: The firm is aggressively expanding both its commercial real estate brokerage and business brokerage. Suddenly there are a lot of small investors who would like to see and touch their money instead of sending it to Wall Street. Hobbies: competitive shooting events, canoe trips, politics. Favorite novel: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy Favorite film: Something About Mary Keys to success: Appreciation of every fellow broker, a sense of humor, and a calculator. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Ken Follet If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be: American diplomacy