Robin Wasserman

{{Short description|American writer of speculative fiction for young people}}

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• Seven Deadly Sins series
• Chasing Yesterday series

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• Harvard University
• University of California, Los Angeles

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Robin Wasserman (born May 31, 1978) is an American novelist and essayist.

Wasserman grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Harvard University and UCLA. Before she was an author she was an associate editor at a children's book publisher.{{Cite web |url=http://www.robinwasserman.com/about-me.html |title=Robin Wasserman :: Author :: Chasing Yesterday Skinned Hacking Harvard Seven Deadly Sins |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-date=2012-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403045117/http://www.robinwasserman.com/about-me.html |url-status=dead }} Wasserman has published multiple books for children and young adults, and two critically acclaimed novels for adults.{{cite web|title='Girls On Fire' Is Terrifying, Upsetting And Beautiful|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/21/477372864/girls-on-fire-is-terrifying-upsetting-and-beautiful|access-date=2020-09-01|website=NPR.org|date=21 May 2016 |language=en|last1=Schaub |first1=Michael }}{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Chandler|date=2020-07-07|title=What if You Didn't Know Who You Were? What if No One Did?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/books/review/mother-daughter-widow-wife-robin-wasserman.html|access-date=2020-09-01|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|title=Robin Wasserman|url=https://www.firstdraftpod.com/episodes/2019/7/6/robin-wasserman|access-date=2020-09-01|website=First Draft With Sarah Enni|language=en-US}} Her most recent novel, Mother Daughter Widow Wife, was a finalist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her nonfiction has been published by VQR, Buzz Feed, Lit Hub, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Atlantic.{{cite web|title=Kodak Moments {{!}} VQR Online|url=https://www.vqronline.org/memoir-articles/2017/04/kodak-moments|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.vqronline.org}}{{cite web|last=Wasserman|first=Robin|title=What It's Like To Write About Your Best Friend's Death|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinwasserman/i-only-wanted-her-back|access-date=2020-09-01|website=BuzzFeed|date=14 June 2016 |language=en}}{{cite web|date=2016-05-18|title=What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?|url=https://lithub.com/what-does-it-mean-when-we-call-women-girls/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}}{{cite web|last=Wasserman|first=Robin|title=The Art of Resurrection: Montage of Heck|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-art-of-resurrection-montage-of-heck/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Los Angeles Review of Books}}{{cite web|last=Fassler|first=Joe|date=2013-10-23|title='Stephen King Saved My Life'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/stephen-king-saved-my-life/280781/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}} She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and is on the faculty of the Mountainview Low-Residency MFA program at SNHU.{{cite web|url=https://www.snhu.edu/campus-majors/graduate/mfa-creative-writing-fiction-nonfiction/mfa-faculty|title=Mountainview MFA Faculty|website=www.snhu.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-07-04}} She also writes for television.{{cite web|title=Robin Wasserman|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3839225/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=IMDb}}