Born November 16, 1952, in Warren, OH; daughter of William (in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marines) and Jeanne Carolyn (a teacher) McKinley; married Peter Dickinson (an author), January 3, 1992. Education: Attended Dickinson College, 1970-72; Bowdoin College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1975. Avocational Interests: Gardening, horses, walking, travel, many kinds of music, and life as an expatriate and the English-American culture chasm. Addresses: Home: Hampshire, England. E-mail: nuraddin@robinmckinley.com.

FICTION

• Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Harper (New York, NY), 1978.
• The Door in the Hedge (short stories), Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1981.
• The Blue Sword, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1982, reprinted, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2007.
• The Hero and the Crown, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984, reprinted, Ace Books (New York, NY), 2007.
• (Editor and contributor) Imaginary Lands (short stories; includes "The Stone Fey"), Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Outlaws of Sherwood, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1988, reprinted, Firebird (New York, NY), 2002.
• My Father Is in the Navy (picture book), illustrated by Martine Gourbault, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.
• Rowan (picture book), illustrated by Donna Ruff, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.
• Deerskin (adult fantasy), Putnam (New York, NY), 1993.
• A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.
• Rose Daughter, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1997.
• Stone Fey, illustrated by John Clapp, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1998.
• Spindle's End, Putnam (New York, NY), 2000.
• (With husband, Peter Dickinson) Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.
• Sunshine (adult novel), Berkeley Books (New York, NY), 2003.
• Dragonhaven, Putnam (New York, NY), 2007.
• Chalice, Putnam (New York, NY), 2008.

Contributor to anthologies, including Elsewhere II, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Arnold, Ace Books, 1982; Elsewhere III, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Arnold, Ace Books, 1984; and Faery, edited by Terri Windling, Ace Books, 1985. Also contributor of book reviews to numerous periodicals. Author of column, "In the Country," for New England Monthly, 1987-88.

ADAPTER

• Rudyard Kipling, Tales from the Jungle Book, Random House (New York, NY), 1985.
• Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
• George MacDonald, The Light Princess, illustrated by Katie Thamer Treherne, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1988.