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Robyn Schneider, born in 1986, is the author
of Better Than Yesterday and The Social
Climber's Guide to High School. Raised in
Orange County, California, she now lives in
New York City, where she studies creative
writing and bioethics at Barnard.
of Better Than Yesterday and The Social
Climber's Guide to High School. Raised in
Orange County, California, she now lives in
New York City, where she studies creative
writing and bioethics at Barnard.
Robyn Schneider is a writer living in New York City by way of California. She
wonders if you have heard of her books, Better Than Yesterday and The Social
Climber’s Guide to High School,which were both named New York Public Library
Best Books For The Teen Age 2008 and inexplicably featured in the L.A.Times, New
York Magazine, Fox News, Time Out New York, and American Cheerleader
Magazine.
Robyn is also a pre-medical student and bioethics enthusiast, not to mention stand
up/improvisational comedienne (you might have seen her at Comix, the Laugh
Factory, the New York Improv, The Sage Theatre, the Columbia University Black
Box, RooftopComedy.com or on Showtime–don’t ask). She is also a Summer Guest
Editor at IvyGate.
Robyn holds advanced degrees in the fields of: Thrift-Shopping, Rubix-Cube-Solving,
and Making Up Puns, plus an honorary degree in Sarcasm. Also, her iPod could
totally mug your iPod on the subway. Be warned.
Her five favorite books are: This Side of Paradise, I Am The Messenger, Looking For
Alaska, The Secret History and Babyji. Her five favorite bands are: Kings of
Convenience, Vampire Weekend, Belle & Sebastian, The Smiths and Bob Dylan. Her
best subjects are Calculus and Chemistry. She has never learned how to use Instant
Messenger.
wonders if you have heard of her books, Better Than Yesterday and The Social
Climber’s Guide to High School,which were both named New York Public Library
Best Books For The Teen Age 2008 and inexplicably featured in the L.A.Times, New
York Magazine, Fox News, Time Out New York, and American Cheerleader
Magazine.
Robyn is also a pre-medical student and bioethics enthusiast, not to mention stand
up/improvisational comedienne (you might have seen her at Comix, the Laugh
Factory, the New York Improv, The Sage Theatre, the Columbia University Black
Box, RooftopComedy.com or on Showtime–don’t ask). She is also a Summer Guest
Editor at IvyGate.
Robyn holds advanced degrees in the fields of: Thrift-Shopping, Rubix-Cube-Solving,
and Making Up Puns, plus an honorary degree in Sarcasm. Also, her iPod could
totally mug your iPod on the subway. Be warned.
Her five favorite books are: This Side of Paradise, I Am The Messenger, Looking For
Alaska, The Secret History and Babyji. Her five favorite bands are: Kings of
Convenience, Vampire Weekend, Belle & Sebastian, The Smiths and Bob Dylan. Her
best subjects are Calculus and Chemistry. She has never learned how to use Instant
Messenger.