Robin Stevens

  • 5 stars across 25 books
Robin Stevens Biography
Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life.

When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be Agatha Christie when she grew up. 

She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she’d get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn’t). She went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked at a children's publisher.

Robin now lives in Oxford with her family.

Robin is the author of the Murder Most Unladylike series and the new Ministry of Unladylike Activity series. Her first book, Murder Most Unladylike, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in the young fiction category. 

Robin's latest book The Body in the Blitz will be out in October 2023.

Robin Stevens Facts

Robin loves bunbreak, and her favourite would be a cinnamon bun.

Robin has some REAL arsenic in her house! (In a very safe place, very far away from the kitchen!)

Robin loves animals, and her current pet is a cockapoo called Howl

Robin Stevens Favourite Book Characters
Ted from The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Howl from Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Miss Marple from Agatha Christie's books

Our Favourite Robin Stevens Book Character
Hazel Wong from Murder Most Unladylike

Our Favourite Robin Stevens Book Quote
'One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.' (Mistletoe and Murder)

Author picture copyright Chris Close

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18th February 2016

Murder Most Unladylike

A very special, limited edition of the first thrilling mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series! With a ... MoreMurder Most Unladylike

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24th March 2016

Jolly Foul Play

A very special, limited edition of the fourth thrilling mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series! With a... MoreJolly Foul Play

(60 reviews) Review
18th February 2016

Arsenic For Tea

A very special, limited edition of the second thrilling mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series! With a... MoreArsenic For Tea

(52 reviews) Review
30th July 2015

First Class Murder

From the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the world-famous Orient Ex... MoreFirst Class Murder

(46 reviews) Review
20th October 2016

Mistletoe and Murder

The fabulously festive fifth Murder Most Unladylike mystery. It's Christmas, and the snow is falling in Cambridge, where... MoreMistletoe and Murder

(46 reviews) Review
4th October 2018

Death in the Spotlight

Someone will take their final bow . . . The seventh thrilling Murder Most Unladylike mystery.Fresh from their adventure ... MoreDeath in the Spotlight

(41 reviews) Review
3rd August 2017

The Guggenheim Mystery

My name is Ted Spark. I am 12 years and 281 days old. I have seven friends. Three months ago, I solve... MoreThe Guggenheim Mystery

(38 reviews) Review
8th February 2018

A Spoonful of Murder

Shortlisted in the Children's Category in the National Book Awards 2018! It's the sixth murder mystery for The Detective... MoreA Spoonful of Murder

(33 reviews) Review
20th February 2020

The Case of the Drowned Pearl: World Book Day 2020

A thrilling mini Murder Most Unladylike mystery, specially written and published for World Book Day 2020. ... MoreThe Case of the Drowned Pearl: World Book Day 2020

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6th August 2020

Death Sets Sail

*The number one bestseller!*The ninth and final novel in the bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series.Da... MoreDeath Sets Sail

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