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)

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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