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Robin McKinley

Born

in Warren, Ohio, The United States

November 16, 1952

Website

http://www.robinmckinley.com/

Twitter

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Genre

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

Influences

Kipling and Tolkien

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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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Robin McKinley’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 390,456 ratings · 30,466 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast 4.05 avg rating — 82,923 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 — 62,872 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 — 55,051 ratings — published 1984 — 57 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 — 44,122 ratings — published 2003 — 44 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 — 25,431 ratings — published 2000 — 33 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 — 24,321 ratings — published 1993 — 23 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 — 21,747 ratings — published 1997 — 15 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 — 15,458 ratings — published 2008 — 17 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 Outlaws of Sherwood 3.79 avg rating — 12,273 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 — 9,955 ratings — published 1981 — 17 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

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Series by Robin McKinley

Damar (2 books)
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Tales of Elemental Spirits (3 books)
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3.72 avg rating — 5,073 ratings

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