Robin Wasserman

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Robin Wasserman
Born (1978-05-31) May 31, 1978 (age 45)
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NationalityAmerican
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Robin Wasserman (born May 31, 1978) is an American novelist and essayist.

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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

Seven Deadly Sins 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

Skinned trilogy

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

Other books

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References

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  2. 1 2 Schaub, Michael (21 May 2016). "'Girls On Fire' Is Terrifying, Upsetting And Beautiful". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. 1 2 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.
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  5. 1 2 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.
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