Robinne is an entomologist and educator by training, but she has never been able to control her writing habit. She has been publishing her writing since she was nine years old, and has been known to answer entomology exam questions in verse. Unlike her exam answers, which were met with awkward silence by her Very Serious Professors, her short stories have won multiple awards and her books get rave reviews.
Her fantasy books for children include the four-book Dragon Defence League series and other books infested by unusual animals. For more mature audiences, she’s written two cosy urban fantasy novels, and the YA epic fantasy series, Fatecarver. She’s also published a novel study guide for The Dragon Slayer’s Son, two non-fiction books about insects and a book of pandemic-inspired poetry.
Robinne believes adventures are the key to writing. The list of her own adventures is long, and includes teaching with a live two-metre-long Burmese python, living in a mud house in rural Panama, and delivering a pair of goat kids in the middle of a dinner party. She writes and blogs from her office in rural Selwyn District where adventures can be found around every corner.
