Robyn Young

The English author of historical fiction, was born in September 1975 in Oxford. Robin Young grew up in the Midlands and in a small fishing village in Devon. She first discovered she was talented in story telling through her grandfather and was later on lucky to find an enthusiastic English teacher who introduced her to poetry. She won poetry awards and got a position of editing a page in the regional newspaper. Robyn left her home at the age of seventeen and joined Exeter college for her A-levels. There she developed an interest in the works of Shakespeare, was elected as communications officer for the student union and edited the college magazine.