Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins was an American author of horror and mystery fiction. Robbins attended Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Virginia) and -- along with Mark W. Sheafe (1884?-1949) and Thornton Whitney Allen (1890-1944) -- wrote the college song "Washington and Lee Swing." Sheafe wrote the tune in 1905, Allen set the music down on paper in 1909 and Robbins provided the words. The completed version was published in 1910.