琼•G•罗宾逊(Joan G. Robinson)出身律师家庭， 是四个孩子中的次子。她学习过绘画，在1939年开始为儿童书写作和插画。她出版了30多本书。1953年出版了脍炙人口的关于女儿黛博拉和泰迪熊的《泰迪鲁滨逊》系列，随后出版了《玛丽-玛丽》系列，讲述的是五个孩子正最小的孩子的故事。1967年她的《当玛妮在那里》一书进入卡内基奖决选名单。这是她为大孩子写的五本小说的第一本。
About the Author
Joan G. Robinson (1910-88) was the second of four children to barrister parents. She trained as an illustrator and in 1939 began writing and illustrating stories for the very young. She published over thirty books in her lifetime for three different age groups. In 1953 the first of her enduringly popular TEDDY ROBINSON series about her daughter Deborah and her teddy was published, followed by the MARY-MARY series, about the youngest of five children. In 1967 WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It was the first of five novels for older children.