Robin McKinley is a Newbery-Medal-winning fantasy author whose books appeal to teens and adults alike. Nancy has highly recommended Robin's vampire novel Sunshine in her own books and in media interviews.


Complete works:

• Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978)
  
• The Door in the Hedge (1981)
  
• The Blue Sword (1982; Newbery Honor)
• The Hero and the Crown (1984; Newbery Medal)
• The Outlaws of Sherwood (1988)
• Deerskin (1993; retelling of the lesser-known fairy tale Donkeyskin)
  
• A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (1996)
  
• Rose Daughter (1997; another retelling of Beauty and the Beast)
  
• Spindle's End (2000; retelling of Sleeping Beauty)
  
• Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits (2002; with her husband Peter Dickinson)
• Sunshine (2003)
• Dragonhaven (2007)
  
• Chalice (2008)
  

Upcoming:

• Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits (another McKinley/Dickinson collaboration; Fall 2009)
• Pegasus (in progress)