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Robin McKinley

Born

in Warren, Ohio, The United States

November 16, 1952

Website

http://www.robinmckinley.com/

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Genre

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

Influences

Kipling and Tolkien

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Robin McKinley is an American author acclaimed for fantasy novels and inventive retellings of classic fairy tales, often featuring resilient heroines and richly imagined worlds. She gained early prominence with Beauty, a reworking of Beauty and the Beast, and achieved major recognition when The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal, establishing her as a leading voice in children’s and young adult fantasy. Drawing on a widely traveled upbringing and a lifelong devotion to folklore, she has reinterpreted stories such as Sleeping Beauty and Robin Hood while also creating original works, including the Damar novels and later titles like Sunshine and Dragonhaven. Her fiction is known for emotional depth, moral complexity, and sensory detail, ...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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Average rating: 3.98 · 391,541 ratings · 30,581 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast 4.05 avg rating — 83,120 ratings — published 1978 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Sword (Damar, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 63,068 ratings — published 1982 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 55,200 ratings — published 1984 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunshine 3.84 avg rating — 44,206 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spindle's End 3.82 avg rating — 25,512 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deerskin 3.94 avg rating — 24,460 ratings — published 1993 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose Daughter 3.79 avg rating — 21,828 ratings — published 1997 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chalice 3.84 avg rating — 15,493 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outlaws of Sherwood 3.79 avg rating — 12,295 ratings — published 1988 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Door in the Hedge 3.71 avg rating — 9,979 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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