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Robin McKinley


Born
in Warren, Ohio, The United States
November 16, 1952

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Young Adult

Influences
Kipling and Tolkien


Born in her mother's hometown of Warren, Ohio, Robin McKinley grew up an only child with a father in the United States Navy. She moved around frequently as a child and read copiously; she credits this background with the inspiration for her stories.

Her passion for reading was one of the most constant things in her childhood, so she began to remember events, places, and time periods by what books she read where. For example, she read Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book for the first time in California; The Chronicles of Narnia for the first time in New York; The Lord of the Rings for the first time in Japan; The Once and Future King for the first time in Maine. She still uses books to keep track of her life.

McKinley attended Gould Academy, a prep ...more

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Hiding from Reality*

The ME has been more-than-usually bad since the end of last September, initially for reasons I don’t think I can make into an entertaining blog post.  But I haven’t had to double down on anti-ME obstinacy in a while, & obstinacy as a survival mechanism is a (you should forgive the term) dead bore, & makes me cranky.  Crankier.**  One of the more creative ways I’ve been saying nyah nyah nyah to the

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.98 · 385,193 ratings · 29,709 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
Beauty: A Retelling of the ...
4.05 avg rating — 81,761 ratings — published 1978 — 48 editions
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The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
4.21 avg rating — 62,130 ratings — published 1982 — 50 editions
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The Hero and the Crown (Dam...
4.21 avg rating — 54,430 ratings — published 1984 — 54 editions
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Sunshine
3.84 avg rating — 43,608 ratings — published 2003 — 43 editions
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Spindle's End
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Rose Daughter
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Chalice
3.84 avg rating — 15,314 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions
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The Outlaws of Sherwood
3.79 avg rating — 12,126 ratings — published 1988 — 26 editions
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The Door in the Hedge
3.70 avg rating — 9,828 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions
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“I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version of that is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can provide character references.”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine
tags: humor
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“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
― Robin McKinley
tags: writing
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“The train is roaring toward you and the villain is twirling his moustache and you're fussing that he's tied you to the tracks with the wrong kind of rope.”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine
tags: fatalism, humor, vampire, villians
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