About Robin Farmer

Not many people grow up to live their childhood dreams. At age 8, Robin told her mom she wanted a career as a writer. Decades later, as an author and journalist, she has earned global, national, regional and state recognition for her ability to write about complex issues with accuracy, sensitivity and emotional truth.

Robin has written thousands of stories as a reporter for The Hartford Courant and The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Her investigative projects and education coverage led to her selection as one of 12 American journalists chosen for a year of customized study and international travel as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.

As a professional freelance writer since 2010, her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Theroot.com, College of William and Mary Alumni Magazine, and Richmond Magazine.

She has the reporting and editing chops for any assignment, but she is drawn to stories about people defying the odds.

Her award-winning journalism career includes stints as an investigative reporter, columnist, education editor, and concert and movie critic. She has witnessed the fall of the Argentinian government, examined the suicide of an 8-year-old, chronicled the survival tactics of gifted students at dangerous urban schools, investigated sex crimes against children, discovered the oldest living Buffalo Soldier, and observed the last electrocution in Virginia.

A seasoned storyteller, she enjoys writing screenplays and is the director of the Virginia Screenwriters Forum. When not writing, traveling or painting, she volunteers with community organizations supporting writers.

Robin is happily married to her husband, Michael, an award-winning columnist. They reside in Virginia.