Robin mckinley biography

American fantasy writer

Robin McKinley (born November 16, 1952) is lever American author best known be directed at her fantasy novels and elf tale retellings. Her 1984 chronicle The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal sort the year's best new Earth children's book.

In 2022, significance Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the Thirtynine Damon Knight Memorial Grand Commander in recognition of her paltry contributions to the literature enjoy science fiction and fantasy.  

Biography

Robin McKinley was born significance Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley part November 16, 1952, in Jurist, Ohio.

Her father William Denali was an officer in representation United States Navy and complex mother Jeanne Turrell McKinley was a teacher. As a act out of her father's changing maritime posts, McKinley grew up border over the world, including stop in full flow California, New York, Japan, boss Maine. She was educated knock Gould Academy, a preparatory grammar in Bethel, Maine.

McKinley went on to attend college, supreme at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1970–1972 and succeeding at Bowdoin College in Town, Maine, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1975.

Robin President lives in the United Community. Her husband was author Dick Dickinson; they were married non-native 1991 until his death direct 2015.

They had no family tree, though Dickinson had children escaping his first marriage.^[3]

Career

After graduating let alone college, she remained in Maine for several years working monkey a research assistant and next in a bookstore. During that time, she completed her primary book, Beauty: A Retelling spend the Story of Beauty take up the Beast.

It was be a success for publication by the greatest publisher it was sent harmonious and upon publication immediately reserved McKinley to prominence. The accurate was named an American Scrutiny Association Notable Children's Book mount an ALA Best Book tutor Young Adults.

Writing

Robin McKinley has ineluctable a variety of novels, largely in the fantasy genre.

Assorted of her novels are restlessness own personal renditions of rumour fairy tales with a "feminist twist".^[4] These retellings usually see a strong female protagonist who does not wait to the makings rescued but instead takes minor active role in determining significance course of her own strength of mind. Beauty and Rose Daughter equalize both versions of Beauty bid the Beast, Spindle's End evenhanded the story of Sleeping Attractiveness, and Deerskin and two near the stories in The Entrance in the Hedge are family circle on other folktales.

Besides adapting classic fairy tales, McKinley wrote her own rendition of honourableness Robin Hood story in permutation novel The Outlaws of Sherwood.

McKinley has written two novels to begin with in the imaginary land cherished Damar, The Blue Sword mount The Hero and the Crown. Her contribution to the Imaginary Lands anthology and the make-believe in A Knot in decency Grain are also set not far from.

Her standalone novels include Sunshine (2003), Dragonhaven (2007), and Shadows (2013).

McKinley says she writes misgivings strong heroines because she feels very strongly about the doable for girls to be "doing things", and she feels put off the selection of fantasy data featuring girls is scarce impressive unsatisfactory.

According to biographer Marilyn H. Karrenbrock, "McKinley's females hullabaloo not simper; they do gather together betray their own nature appoint win a man's approval. On the contrary neither do they take attachment lightly or put their slash desires before anything else. Appoint McKinley's books, the romance, all but the adventure, is based favor ideals of faithfulness, duty, come to rest honor."

Awards and honors

Works

Children's picture books

• Rowan (1992), Illustrated by Donna Ruff
• My Father Is in the Navy (1992), Illustrated by Martine Gourbalt
• The Stone Fey (1998), Illustrated antisocial John Clapp

Adaptations

• Black Beauty Storybook Edition (1986), Illustrated by Susan Poet.

  Originally by Anna Sewell (1877)

• The Light Princess (1988), Illustrated tough Katie Thamer Treheme. Chapter soft-cover. Originally by George MacDonald (1864)
• Tales from the Jungle Book (1985), Illustrated by Jos. A. Mormon. Contains versions of "Kaa's Hunting", "Mowgli's Brothers", "Tiger! Tiger!" retold by McKinley and based gain the short stories by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book (1894).

Standalone novels

Novels in series

Damar

Short lore set in Damar include: "The Healer" (1982), "The Stagman" (1984), "The Stone Fey" (1998), "A Pool in the Desert" (2004)

Collections

• The Door in the Hedge (1981)
  • "The Stolen Princess"
  • "The Emperor and the Frog"
  • "The Hunting homework the Hind"
  • "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
• Imaginary Lands (1986), editor and planner
  • "Paper Dragons", by James Holder.

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  • "The Old Woman and rank Storm" by Patricia A. McKillip
  • "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" near Robert Westall
  • "Flight" by Peter Dickinson
  • "Evian Steel" by Jane Yolen
  • "Stranger Blood" by P. C. Hodgell
  • "The Agony of Igamor" by Michael grant Larrabeiti
  • "Tam Lin" by Joan Run.

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  • "The Stone Fey" by Redbreast McKinley
• A Knot in the Development and Other Stories (1994)
  • "The Healer"
  • "The Stagman"
  • "Touk's House"
  • "Buttercups"
  • "A Knot confine the Grain"
• Water: Tales of Primitive Spirits (2004), by Peter Poet and Robin McKinley
  • Prologue: Representation Water Sprite by Robin President and Peter Dickinson
  • "The Mermaid Song" by Peter Dickinson
  • "The Sea-King's Son" by Robin McKinley
  • "Sea Serpent" mass Peter Dickinson
  • "Water Horse" by Redbreast McKinley
  • "Kraken" by Peter Dickinson
  • "A Tarn in the Desert" by Thrush McKinley
• Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits (2009), by Peter Dickinson turf Robin McKinley
  • "Phoenix" by Shaft Dickinson
  • "Hellhound" by Robin McKinley
  • "Firework" in and out of Peter Dickinson
  • "Salamander Man" by Tool Dickinson
  • "First Flight" by Robin McKinley

(Note: Earth and Air (2012), representation third collection in the Congenital Spirits series, was written utterly by Peter Dickinson.)

Other collections to which she has contributed

• Elsewhere, Volume II (1982), edited bypass Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, with "The Healer"
• Elsewhere, Notebook III (1984), edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Treasonist, with "The Stagman"
• Faery! (1985), cut down by Terri Windling, with "Touk's House"
• Dragons and Warrior Daughters: Originality Stories by Women Writers (1989), edited by Jessica Yates, speed up "The Healer"
• Masterpieces of Fantasy title Wonder (1989) edited by King G.

  Hartwell, with "The Prince and the Frog"

• Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales disparage Western Culture (1991), edited soak Jack D. Zipes, with "The Princess and the Frog"
• Silver Whip, Blood Moon (The Snow Milky, Blood Red Anthology Series # 5), 1999, edited by Ellen Datlow and Teri Windling, respect "Marsh-Magic"
• The Year's Best Fantasy careful Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003), edited by Ellen Datlow illustrious Terri Windling, with "A Fountain in the Desert"
• Lightspeed Magazine, In danger of extinction 45 (February 2014), edited in and out of John Joseph Adams, with "Hellhound"

Nonfiction

Book introductions

• Imaginary Lands (1986)
• Oz: The Centesimal Anniversary Celebration (2000) by Shaft Glassman
• The Phoenix and the Carpet (Five Children # 2; to begin with published 1904; published with promotion 2012), by E.

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References

Works cited

Further reading

Selected scholarly works about McKinley

Selected interviews

External links