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Robin Wasserman
Born (1978-05-31) May 31, 1978 (age 46)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Notable works

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.[1] Wasserman has published multiple books for children and young adults, and two critically acclaimed novels for adults.[2][3][4] Her most recent novel, Mother Daughter Widow Wife, was a finalist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[5] Her nonfiction has been published by VQR, Buzz Feed, Lit Hub, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Atlantic.[6][7][8][9][10] She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and is on the faculty of the Mountainview Low-Residency MFA program at SNHU.[11] She also writes for television.[12]

Works

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Seven Deadly Sins series

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Main article: Seven Deadly Sins (novel series)

The Seven Deadly Sins series from Simon & Schuster features seven morally bankrupt teenagers in a small California town. Each novel revolves around one of the sins and each character's transgressions specific to that sin. They follow the lives of Harper Grace, Beth Manning, Adam Morgan, Kane Geary, Miranda Stevens, Reed Sawyer, Katherine (Kaia) Sellers, and their French teacher, Jack Powell. Novels in the series are Lust, Envy, Pride, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, and Greed.

The series was made into a four-hour miniseries, which debuted on the Lifetime Movie Network on May 23 and 24, 2010.[13]

Chasing Yesterday series

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Main article: Chasing Yesterday (book series)
  • Awakening
  • Betrayal
  • Truth

Skinned trilogy

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  • Skinned (2008)
  • Crashed (September 2009)
  • Wired (September 2010)

Since publication, this series title, book names, and cover images have been changed. They are the same books between the covers, however.

Cold Awakening trilogy

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Other books

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  • How I Survived My Most Embarrassing Moments (2004)
  • Hacking Harvard (2007)
  • Candy Apple
    • Callie for President (2008)
    • Life, Starring Me! (2009)
    • Wish You Were Here, Liza (2010)
  • The Book of Blood and Shadow (2013)
  • The Waking Dark (2014)
  • Girls on Fire (2016)[2]
  • Mother Daughter Widow Wife (2020)[3][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Robin Wasserman :: Author :: Chasing Yesterday Skinned Hacking Harvard Seven Deadly Sins". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Schaub, Michael (21 May 2016). "'Girls On Fire' Is Terrifying, Upsetting And Beautiful". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ a b Baker, Chandler (2020-07-07). "What if You Didn't Know Who You Were? What if No One Did?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. ^ "Robin Wasserman". First Draft With Sarah Enni. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ^ a b Maher |, John. "2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists Named". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. ^ "Kodak Moments | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  7. ^ Wasserman, Robin. "What It's Like To Write About Your Best Friend's Death". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  8. ^ "What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?". Literary Hub. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  9. ^ Wasserman, Robin. "The Art of Resurrection: Montage of Heck". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. ^ Fassler, Joe (2013-10-23). "'Stephen King Saved My Life'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  11. ^ "Mountainview MFA Faculty". www.snhu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  12. ^ "Robin Wasserman". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  13. ^ "Seven Deadly Sins - myLifetime.com". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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