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]
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 CILIP Carnegie 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]
