Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.
“A fierce and beautiful story of rage and compassion, betrayal and
loyalty, damage and love.” –Alice Hoffman
“An enormously powerful novel…dreamlike, urgent, inexplicable…Robin
McKinley has created a world where nightmare and hope exist side by
side.” –Patricia A. McKillip
“Superlative.” –Chicago Sun-Times
“A wonderful story, wonderfully told.” –The San Diego
Union-Tribune
“I did so much enjoy Robin McKinley’s Deerskin…I respect her
writing and reread her constantly, finding new perceptions each
time.” –Anne McCaffrey
“Deerskin is a subversive fairytale with an element of myth, but
most of all it is a psychological novel of great depth and power,
using fantasy in the service of truth.” –Locus
“Well-chosen details, characterization is superlative.”
–Booklist
“McKinley’s writing is amazing, dreamlike, gut-wrenching, and
heartwarming…A very uplifting story of triumph and love.” –Under
the Covers
"A fierce and beautiful story of rage and compassion, betrayal and
loyalty, damage and love." -Alice Hoffman
"An enormously powerful novel...dreamlike, urgent,
inexplicable...Robin McKinley has created a world where nightmare
and hope exist side by side." -Patricia A. McKillip
"Superlative." -Chicago Sun-Times
"A wonderful story, wonderfully told." -The San Diego
Union-Tribune
"I did so much enjoy Robin McKinley's Deerskin...I respect
her writing and reread her constantly, finding new perceptions each
time." -Anne McCaffrey
"Deerskin is a subversive fairytale with an element of myth,
but most of all it is a psychological novel of great depth and
power, using fantasy in the service of truth." -Locus
"Well-chosen details, characterization is superlative."
-Booklist
"McKinley's writing is amazing, dreamlike, gut-wrenching, and
heartwarming...A very uplifting story of triumph and love." -Under
the Covers
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