Robin Prehn

Robin has been writing in some form or another throughout her entire life. She's written newspaper articles (high school and adulthood), tons of essays (mostly college, including one on Henry IV that was published in a literary journal), research papers (AP English and college, including a manuscript study), and an undergrad college thesis.

Robin has a BA in Music (emphasis on piano) with an Elementary-Ed Teaching Certificate (equivalent to a license or teaching degree). She started and ran her own school (K-12) for many years when she was in her 20s. That's when she realized that she enjoyed working with student writers the most, and since she wrote all the writing curriculum for the school, Robin was able to experience the joys and challenges of finding a variety of ways to engage with those students.

Robin is married to a man she’s known since 7th grade, though they didn't become friends until they were freshmen at CU Boulder. They have two children (in 2023-24, her son is graduating from Colorado School of Mines, and her daughter is finishing her second year at CSU).

In her spare time, Robin enjoys hiking, reading tons (she generally reads 200+ books a year, mostly romantic suspense or YA), crocheting, and photography. Her family likes to travel (usually by car) to national parks and other sources of natural beauty, and they've explored many of the national parks in WY, CO, UT, MT, WA, and CA, along with many state parks. Her profile picture is from a trip to White Ranch, a local open-space area. Robin and her family live in Colorado, and admit to being spoiled by the loveliness of the world around them, but they enjoy every second of it.