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American author of young adult fiction

Riley Redgate
BornRíoghnach Robinson
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materKenyon College (economics)
Period2016–present
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable works
  • Seven Ways We Lie
  • Note Worthy
  • Final Draft
Website
rileyredgate.com

Riley Redgate is the pen name of Ríoghnach Robinson (/ˈriːənɒk/), an American author of young adult fiction.

Life and career

Robinson was raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She attended Richard J. Reynolds High School, where she began her first novel, Seven Ways We Lie. She is an alumna of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where she majored in economics, graduating in 2016. Her debut novel was published before she graduated. While at Kenyon, Robinson won the college's James E. Michael Playwriting Award for her play Mourning Sickness.

Robinson worked from Chicago as writing apprentice for the satirical media outlet The Onion. Her four novels are Seven Ways We Lie (2016), Noteworthy (2017), Final Draft (2018), and Look No Further (2023), all published by Amulet, an imprint of Abrams Books., and Alone Out Here (2022), published by Disney-Hyperion.

Robinson is bisexual, of half-Irish and half-Chinese descent, and the characters in her novels similarly lie "in the middle of a spectrum rather than out at the ends".

Pen name

Robinson choose the pseudonym Riley Redgate when she was 16 years old, brainstorming it with the help of other members of a writers' forum. Her composition criteria consisted of three things: she wanted to keep her real initials; something gender neutral; and something easily pronounceable.

Works

  • Seven Ways We Lie (2016)
  • Noteworthy (2017)
  • Final Draft (2018)
  • Alone Out Here (2022).
  • Look No Further (2023) (as Ríoghnach Robinson, with Siofra Robinson)

Discography

As Ríoghnach Robinson

  • Tattoos (2013)
  • Somebody Say Something (2014)
  • two-quarter songs (2014)
  • Noteworthy OST (2016)
  • goodnight goodbye (2016)
  • quarantine music (2020)

As Catholique

  • Season's Feelings (2022)

References

  1. ^ Schehl, Pam (May 9, 2016). "Kenyon student-author visits MVHS". Mount Vernon News.
  2. ^ K. Norcross Watts (July 14, 2016). "Seven Ways We Lie explores 'grimy' adolescence". JournalNow. Winston-Salem Journal.
  3. "Class of 2016: Plans for After Graduation". Kenyon College.
  4. 'Riley Redgate' on WriteOnCon
  5. 'Contact the Onion' (archived on Wayback Machine) on The Onion
  6. Redgate, Riley (June 12, 2018). "Interview: Riley Redgate, author of 'Final Draft'". Happy Ever After (Interview). Interviewed by Joyce Lamb. USA Today.
  7. ^ "Seven Ways We Lie". Kirkus Reviews. December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "Noteworthy". Kirkus Reviews. March 6, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Final Draft". Kirkus Reviews. April 30, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "Look No Further". Kirkus Reviews. June 21, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Alone Out Here". Kirkus Reviews. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  12. Redgate, Riley (2016). "On rounding". Diversity in YA.
  13. 'Audio Name Pronunciation with Riley Redgate' on TeachingBooks.net
  14. Heppermann, Christine (August 6, 2018). "'Final Draft' by Chicago's Riley Redgate leads this week's Y.A. fiction roundup". Chicago Tribune.
  15. "Tattoos, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  16. "Somebody Say Something, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  17. "two-quarter songs, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  18. "Noteworthy OST, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  19. "goodnight goodbye, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  20. "quarantine music, by Ríoghnach Robinson". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  21. "Season's Feelings, by catholique". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 18, 2024.

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