Robert Kaplow (born c. 1954) is an American
novelist and
teacher whose coming-of-age novel was made into a film titled
Me and Orson Welles. The story is about "youthful creative ambition" and has received positive reviews from
The New York Times which described it as "nimble, likable and smart." Kaplow has written nine books and used to teach English language and film studies at
Summit High School in
New Jersey.