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Robin Stevens | |
|---|---|
| Born | California, USA |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Notable works | Murder Most Unladylike series |
| Website | |
| https://robin-stevens.co.uk/ | |
Robin Stevens (born 15 January 1988) is an award-winning British-American author of children's fiction, best known for writing the Murder Most Unladylike series.
Early life[edit]
Stevens was born in California and moved to Oxford, England at the age of three. She has dual US-UK citizenship.[1] She attended The Dragon School[2] and Cheltenham Ladies College.[1] Her father, Robert Stevens, was Master of Pembroke College, Oxford,[3] and her mother worked at Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.[4]
Stevens attended Warwick University and gained an MA in crime fiction.[1] She appeared as Captain of the Warwick University team on University Challenge.[1]
Career[edit]
Before becoming a full-time author, Stevens worked as a bookseller at Blackwell's book shop in Oxford,[5] and as an editor at Egmont.[6]
Stevens started writing Murder Most Unladylike as part of National Novel Writing Month in November 2010, but didn't send it to agencies for two years.[7]
Stevens has cited the Golden Age of Detective Fiction as an influence on her work - particularly the authors Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy L. Sayers, collectively known as the Queens of Crime.[8]
Awards[edit]
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Oxfordshire Book Awards - Best Primary Novel, Murder Most Unladylike[2] |
| 2015 | Waterstones Children's Book Prize - Best Younger Fiction, Murder Most Unladylike[9] |
| 2016 | ALA Notable Children's Book, for Murder Most Unladylike (published as Murder is Bad Manners in the USA)[10] |
| 2017 | CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children (ages 8–12), for Mistletoe and Murder[11] |
Works[edit]
Murder Most Unladylike series[edit]
- Murder Most Unladylike (2014)
- Arsenic For Tea (2015)
- First Class Murder (2015)
- Jolly Foul Play (2016)
- Mistletoe and Murder (2016)
- Cream Buns and Crime (2017), a collection of short stories and non-fiction
- A Spoonful of Murder (2018)
Standalone[edit]
- The Guggenheim Mystery (2017), a sequel to The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Contributor[edit]
- Mystery and Mayhem: Twelve Deliciously Intriguing Mysteries (2016)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Robin Stevens". Robin Stevens Official Website. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b Stevens, Robin. "Murder Most Unladylike wins an Oxfordshire Book Award!". Robin Stevens Official Website. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Robin (2016). Mistletoe and Murder. London: Penguin. p. 351. ISBN 9780141369723.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Stevens, Robin. "I Wish I'd Written: Robin Stevens". Books for Keeps. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Caldwell, Anne. "An Indies Introduce Q&A With Robin Stevens". BookWeb. American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Robin. "The End of an Era - All Change for 2016!". Robin Stevens Official Website. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte. "'There's something so compelling about murder'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Robin (2017). Cream Buns and Crime. London: Penguin. pp. 79–85. ISBN 9780141376561.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Rob Biddulph's 'Blown Away' wins the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize". Waterstones Blog. Waterstones. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "2016 Notable Children's Books". Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "2017 Awards: CrimeFest". CrimeFest. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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