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 CILIPCarnegie 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) ISBN 9780373211333
- What We Left Behind (Harlequin Teen, 2015) ISBN 9780373211753
- As I Descended (HarperTeen, 2016) ISBN 9780062409232
- Our Own Private Universe (Harlequin Teen, 2017) ISBN 9780373211982
- Pulp (2018) ISBN 9781335012906
- The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre (HarperTeen, 2020) ISBN 9780062409263
- Music from another world (Inkyard Press, 2020) ISBN 9781335146779
Short stories
- "The Whole World is Watching" in A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Badass Girls, edited by Jessica Spotswood (Candlewick Press, 2016)
- "The Legend of Stone Mary" in Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft, edited by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe (Harlequin Teen, 2018)
External links
- Robin Talley's Website