Robin was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate ( Doctor of Letters - Honoris Causa), from the University of Newcastle in 2004.

This outstanding novel was named a White Raven book at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair.Her novel for older readers, The Listmaker, won the 1990 South Australian Festival Award for Literature.In 1991 Robin Klein was awarded the Dromkeen Medal for her significant contribution to the appreciation and development of children's literature in Australia. It also won the 1990 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the 1990 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the 1990 NSW Premier's Literary Award. Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein is an Australian middle grade novel about two girls and their struggle between friendship and jealousy. Came Back to Show You I Could Fly won a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989. Many have been shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, including People Might Hear You (1984), Seeing Things (1984), Hating Alison Ashley (1985), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1986). Robin was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters - Honoris Causa), from the University of Newcastle in 2004.Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Robin Klein has now had more than forty books published.

In 1991 Robin Klein was awarded the Dromkeen Medal for her significant contribution to the appreciation and development of children's literature in Australia. Her novel for older readers, The Listmaker, won the 1990 South Australian Festival Award for Literature. This outstanding novel was named a White Raven book at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair. It also won the 1990 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the 1990 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the 1990 NSW Premier's Literary Award. Came Back to Show You I Could Fly won a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989. Robin Klein author Hating Alison Ashley book Alison Ashley Mrs. Many have been shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, including People Might Hear You (1984), Seeing Things (1984), Hating Alison Ashley (1985), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1986). Nine of the best book quotes from Robin Klein 01 Share She didn’t turn up for the same reason she never does because she’s not interested in anything I do. At Mockingbird Lounge we pride ourselves on stocking second-hand books in exceptional pre. Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Robin Klein has now had more than forty books published. Klein, Robin - Hating Alison Ashley (Paperback). 'Hating Alison Ashley' Is a magnificent piece of work by Robin Klein displaying how the life of Erica Yurken is more than Average, and with the new addition of the 'perfect as ever' Alison Ashley to her school, Erica will not give in to the battle of embarassinng Alison, or at least proving her wrong.