Dramatic Writing
Courses
Intro to the Sitcom
Advanced Television Writing
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University
Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University
Biography
Robin began her career as a comic and sitcom writer, working with Al Franken, Joan Cusack and Dan Aykroyd, and was head writer (and on-air sidekick!) for a teen girl game show. She’s published 13 children’s books with Scholastic and Chronicle Books, co-authored the novel,
Shaking Her Assets, and has freelanced for the New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour as well as other publications. A contributor to This American Life on NPR, she’s also currently writing video games for various developers. Her nonfiction legal guide book,
So Sue Me, Jackass!: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls That Can Come Back To Bite You at Work, at Home and at Play, was published by Plume in Sept ’09, and her YA novel,
God is in the Pancakes, was published by Dial in May, 2010.
