Robin Talley

Robin Talley is an American author of young adult books.

Talley has worked as a communications strategist for nonprofit organizations "focusing on educational equity, gay rights, women's rights, and beyond".[1] Her novels feature racially diverse and LGBTQ+ characters.[2]

Awards

Talley won the inaugural Amnesty CILIP Honour for her first novel, Lies We Tell Ourselves, in 2014;[3] the same novel was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal[4] and the Lambda Literary Award.[5]

Her second novel, What We Left Behind, was included on the American Library Association's Rainbow List.[6]

Her third novel, As I Descended, was shortlisted for the 2016 Kirkus Prize.[7]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Lies We Tell Ourselves (Harlequin Teen, 2014)
  • What We Left Behind (Harlequin Teen, 2015)
  • As I Descended (HarperTeen, 2016)
  • Our Own Private Universe (Harlequin Teen, 2017)
  • Pulp (2018)
  • The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre (HarperTeen, 2020)

Short stories
  • A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Badass Girls (Candlewick Press, 2016)

References
  1. Talley, Robin (2016). Lies We Tell Ourselves. New York, NY: Harlequin Teen. p. 384. ISBN 0373212046.
  2. "Robin Talley: 'it's important for fiction to show the breadth of the world we live in'". The Guardian. 2 November 2015.
  3. "Amnesty CILIP Honours". The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. "The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards". www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.
  5. Johnson, William (8 March 2015). "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary.
  6. "2016 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. American Library Association.
  7. "2016 NOMINEES: YOUNG READERS". Kirkus Reviews.
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