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Robin McKinley


(Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley)
UK flag (b.1952)
Wife of Peter Dickinson

Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley, known as Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.
 

Awards: Nebula (2023), Mythopoeic (2004), WFA (1986), Newbery (1985)  see all

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy
 
Series
Folktales
   Beauty (1978)
   Rose Daughter (1997)
   Spindle's End (2000)
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Damar
   The Door in the Hedge (1981)
   1. The Blue Sword (1982)
   2. The Hero and the Crown (1984)
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Pegasus
   1. Pegasus (2010)
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Novels
   The Outlaws of Sherwood (1988)
   Rowan (1992)
   Deerskin (1993)
   The Stone Fey (1998)
   Sunshine (2003)
   Dragonhaven (2007)
   Chalice (2008)
   Shadows (2013)
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Collections
   A Knot in the Grain (1994)
   Water (2002) (with Peter Dickinson)
   Fire (2009) (with Peter Dickinson)
   The Door in the Hedge: and Other Stories (2014)
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Anthologies edited
   Imaginary Lands (1985)
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Books containing stories by Robin McKinley
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 16)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
(Fairy Tale Anthologies, book 5)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Mike Ashley

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Awards
2023 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
2004 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature : Sunshine
1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : Imaginary Lands
1985 Newbery Medal : The Hero and the Crown

Award nominations
2014 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : Shadows
2004 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Sunshine
2001 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Spindle's End
1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Rose Daughter
1995 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Knot in the Grain: And Other Stories
1994 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Deerskin
1994 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Deerskin
1985 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : The Hero and the Crown
1985 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Hero and the Crown
1983 Newbery Medal (nominee) : The Blue Sword
1983 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : The Door in the Hedge
1983 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : The Blue Sword
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Blue Sword


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(Queens of Innis Lear, book 2)
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Looks (2008)
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"Brilliant."
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Homunculus (1986)
(Langdon St. Ives, book 1)
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"No one should be spared the unique perversity of Jim Blaylock's world view."

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