Robin Stevenson

Robin Stevenson is a Canadian author of thirty books for kids and teens. Her writing has been translated into several languages, and published in more than a dozen countries. Robin's books regularly receive starred reviews, have won the Silver Birch Award, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize and a Stonewall Book Award, and have been finalists for the Governor General's Awards, the Lambda Literary Award, and others. She writes both fiction and non-fiction, for toddlers through teens.^[1]

Robin Stevenson was born in England and immigrated to Canada as a child. She grew up in Ontario and studied at McMaster University in Hamilton^[2] before completing a master's degree in social work at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener. Robin worked as a social worker and counselor for 10 years^[3] and in 2022, she received Wilfrid Laurier university's alumna of the Year award.^[4]

Stevenson writes well-researched nonfiction about history and activism, including LGBT issues^[5] and abortion rights,^[6] and about historical and contemporary figures known for their contributions to the world in areas such as social justice, leadership, innovation, and athletics.^[7] She also writes picture books, including Pride Puppy,^[8] and middle grade novels, such as Record Breaker and The Summer We Saved the Bees. She has written a number of contemporary young adult novels,^[9] the most recent of which, When You Get the Chance, was co-written with Nova Scotia based author Tom Ryan.^[10] School Library Journal gave it a positive review: “Readers will appreciate the tender depiction of growing apart and breakups, and the concept of nonmonogamous relationships is also explored without stigma…. A solidly entertaining trip through Canada’s queer history, and one family’s difficult secrets. Recommended for fans of lightly adventurous realistic fiction.” ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Stevenson identifies as queer.^[14]