Betsy Robinson

Betsy Robinson writes funny literary fiction about flawed people. Her novel The Last Will & Testament of Zelda McFigg is winner of Black Lawrence Press’s 2013 Big Moose Prize and was published in September 2014. This was followed by the February 10, 2015 publication of her late mother, Edna Robinson’s, novel, The Trouble with the Truth (edited by Betsy), as the debut book of Infinite Words, a new imprint of Simon & Schuster. Betsy’s first novel, Plan Z by Leslie Kove, was published by Mid-List Press in 2001 as winner of their First Novel Series Award, and in October 2016 she published a revised edition of it exclusively on Kindle. Betsy has been a working journalist for over a decade; she was managing editor of Spirituality & Health magazine for almost seven years and she currently freelances as a book editor.

Betsy is a former actor (appeared in John Sayles films Return of the Secaucus Seven and Lianna). Her awards include winner literary (short story) award, Chronogram magazine, 2003; a Writers Guild East fellowship to write two screenplays (The Love Convention and Ms. Manhattan, mentored by Writers Guild-assigned mentor David Rayfiel); and first prize winner Dubuque Fine Arts 1-Act Contest in 1984. (For a complete bio and free stories, see www.BetsyRobinson-writer.com.)

Betsy Robinson is available for book club discussions of her books!