Robyn Harding

Robyn Harding is a Canadian author from Quesnel, British Columbia best known for writing a series of mystery thrillers. Given that there was not much to do in her small town setting, she spent much of her time in creative writing as she hoped to publish a novel by the time she was seventeen, just like SE Hinton, an author she looked up to. Besides Hinton, she was also a voracious reader of Archie Comics, Nancy Drew, and anything that has horses. After finishing her high school studies, she moved to Vancouver to study and her writing career was relegated to a hobby for the time being. In college, Robyn studied journalism English literature, and then marketing after which she got a job in the advertising industry. She loved advertising until the politics, egos, and deadlines made her job a stressful nightmare. By this time she was mother to a young daughter and son and juggling the demands of advertising and motherhood proved too much. She left advertising after spending seven years in the business, and by 2004, she had published her first novel “The Journal of Mortifying Moments”. By 2009, she had written four adult novels that she drew from her own experiences. She writes of the utter embarrassment of her parents, the struggle to fit in, and the insecurities she had. Robyn currently resides in Vancouver with her family, where she writes screenplays, nonfiction, and fiction.