Robert C. Yeager's love for cars began as a 16-year-old high schooler when he purchased a "raked," baby-blue 1940 Ford two-door coupe for $250. Other cars of his youth included a 1948 Cadillac 7-passenger sedan and, in college, a red 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk. As an adult, Yeager has owned a series of award-winning vintage Alfa Romeos. His current "fun" cars include an all-original 1972 Mercedes Benz 450 SL-recently awarded a Silver Star Preservation Award by the Mercedes Benz Club of America-and a 1996 Lexus SC 300.
For the past decade-plus, Yeager has written about collectible cars for the New York Times. Other previously published credits include Readers Digest; Family Circle; Woman's Day; Encyclopedia Britannica; and others. His byline has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the New York Times Service.
In 2013, Yeager's novel, The Romanov Stone, won an Independent Publisher's "
