Robin McKinley

Author profile

born

in Warren, Ohio, The United States

November 16, 1952

gender

female

website

http://www.robinmckinley.com/

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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Robin McKinley's Blog

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Other People’s Gardens

I was going to run this last night, till I discovered that the White Screen of Death had disappeared all the blog’s admin.* Peter and I, with an assortment of friends and relations, have been to two, count ’em, two, other-people’s-gardens over the weekend. You’re spoilt for choice, this time of year, and we settled on these two as much for convenience of meeting other people at as the elected s...

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Robin McKinley's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 173,228 ratings · 13,922 reviews · 30 distinct works · Similar authors

	Beauty by Robin McKinley, Michael Deas (Illustrations) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 36,772 ratings — published 1978 — 27 editions	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) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 28,087 ratings — published 1982 — 33 editions	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) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 23,489 ratings — published 1984 — 24 editions	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 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 19,217 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	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 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 12,304 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions	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 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 10,422 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	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 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 9,820 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	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 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 6,769 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	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 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 6,282 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	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 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 4,789 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	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)
by Robin McKinley
4.193335038550079 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 54,734 ratings

Pegasus (3 books)
by Robin McKinley
3.5546315546315546 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 4,329 ratings

Tales of Elemental Spirits (3 books)
by Robin McKinley, Peter Dickinson
3.6153553781832004 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 2,631 ratings

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Quotes by Robin McKinley

“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

388 people liked it

“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: humor, vampire, villians

290 people liked it

“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
― Robin McKinley

tags: writing

194 people liked it

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What randomly selected book would you like to read in June?

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

50 votes, 40.7%

StarCrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce

15 votes, 12.2%

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

12 votes, 9.8%

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

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8 votes, 6.5%

Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

8 votes, 6.5%

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman

3 votes, 2.4%

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

3 votes, 2.4%

Fire from the Rock by Sharon M. Draper

2 votes, 1.6%

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