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(born January 23rd, 1962, in Paignton, Devon) is a bestselling children’s author and award winning radio producer.

Family

The second of four daughters of a university lecturers, Robinson grew up during the civil war in Zaria, Nigeria and in the mining heartland of West Yorkshire. Her father, a noted authority on David Livingstone, spearheaded the building of a non profit making private school in Zaria which she attended with other local and overseas children including, theatre director, Rufus Norris. Early literary influences include Dr Seuss, which she was introduced to by American missionaries, and Noel Streatfield.

Career

Robinson worked at Radio Aire, TVam and Yorkshire Television in a variety of roles ranging from programme secretary, researcher and scriptwriter before joining the [BBC’s Faith and Ethics unit http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/]. The author of over thirty books including The Princess’s Secret Letters series, her first book Sarah The Spider was published in 1995. The following year the sequel, Sarah The Spider, Prima Spiderina was shortlisted for Best Picture Book by the English Association. She collaborated with illustrator Nick Sharratt on both Mixed Up Fairy Tales and Spells and Smells for which she was shortlisted by Nottinghamshire City Council for the Experian Big Three Award in 2002. Later that year, Ken Livingstone and the GLC invited Robinson to write Pick It Up – an environmental book featuring litter detectives – which was read at high profile launch by Sir Richard Attenborough. Her work is published in a number of different languages including Greek and Norwegian. Currently producing Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday with Aled Jones recent documentaries include Lenny Bruce Is Dead and Turn Your Radio On – the wit and wisdom of Ray Stevens. To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade Robinson produced A Voice Of Her Own – the story of Phillis Wheatley narrated by Oscar nominated actress Sophie Okonedo, and Private Peaceful to mark Remembrance 2007 with Robson Green. In 2004 she won the Gillard Gold Award for Religious Programming and was highly commended with an Andrew Cross Award for D Day – 60 Years On - a live broadcast from Normandy.

Personal

Robinson is married and lives near Leeds with her husband and two daughters.