Gabrielle Robinson

In her last four books, Gabrielle Robinson has told stories about people that reveal their personal situation within its historical context. One reason for her fascination with this intersection of the personal and historical stems from her own experience. She was born in Berlin in 1942; her father's fighter plane was shot down over England in 1943; and in 1945, after being bombed out, she and her family fled Berlin--the beginning of a string of migrations that ended in the US. Gabrielle holds...See more

In her last four books, Gabrielle Robinson has told stories about people that reveal their personal situation within its historical context. One reason for her fascination with this intersection of the personal and historical stems from her own experience. She was born in Berlin in 1942; her father's fighter plane was shot down over England in 1943; and in 1945, after being bombed out, she and her family fled Berlin--the beginning of a string of migrations that ended in the US. Gabrielle holds an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of London. She has taught at the University of Illinois, at Indiana University South Bend, and abroad, and she has won a number of local and statewide awards for her writing and community engagement. Discover more at her website, www.gabriellerobinson.com. See less