Robert Nicholson was born and lives in Dublin. He studied English language and literature at Trinity College, and since 1978 has been the curator of the James Joyce Museum at the Joyce Tower in Sandycove. He is also curator at the Dublin Writers Museum in Parnell Square. The Ulysses Guide was first published in 1988, establishing him as an authority on the locations of Joyce's novel, and in 2007 he wrote and presented a DVD for Arts Magic, James Joyce's Dublin: The Ulysses Tour. He is a founder member of the James Joyce Cultural Centre as well as a former chairman of the James Joyce Institute of Ireland. He is a regular contributor to The James Joyce Broadsheet.