Robie Harris | |
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 Harris at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | Robie Heilbrun April 3, 1940 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2024 (aged 83) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Children's book author |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | It's Perfectly Normal It's so Amazing |
Robie Harris (née Heilbrun; April 3, 1940 – January 6, 2024) was an American author, specializing in books for children.
Robie Heilbrun was born in Buffalo, New York on April 3, 1940.[1][2] She married William Harris and had two sons.[2] Harris wrote several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She was a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy.[3] She graduated from Wheaton College and the Bank Street College of Education.[4] She won the 2019 Mathical Book Prize for her book Crash! Boom! A Math Tale.[5] She died at a hospital in Manhattan, on January 6, 2024, at the age of 83.[2]
