Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for
The Hero and the Crown
and a Newbery Honor for
The Blue Sword
. Her other books include
Sunshine,
the
New York Times
bestseller
Spindle's End,
two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale
Beauty and the Beast
, and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend,
The Outlaws of Sherwood
. She lives with her husband, English writer Peter Dickinson.
