Riley Redgate Explained

Riley Redgate
Birth Name:Ríoghnach Robinson
Occupation:Author
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Kenyon College (economics)
Period:2016–present
Genre:Young adult fiction
Notableworks:
  • Seven Ways We Lie
  • Note Worthy
  • Final Draft

Riley Redgate is the pen name of Ríoghnach Robinson, an American author of young adult fiction.[1]

Life and career

Robinson was raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She attended Richard J. Reynolds High School,[1] where she began her first novel, Seven Ways We Lie.[2] She is an alumna of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where she majored in economics,[1] graduating in 2016.[3] Her debut novel was published before she graduated.[2] While at Kenyon, Robinson won the college's James E. Michael Playwriting Award for her play Mourning Sickness.[2]

Robinson worked from Chicago as writing apprentice for the satirical media outlet The Onion.[4] [5] Her four novels are Seven Ways We Lie (2016), Noteworthy (2017), Final Draft (2018),[6] and Look No Further (2023), all published by Amulet, an imprint of Abrams Books.[7] [8] [9], and Alone Out Here (2022),[10] published by Disney-Hyperion.[11]

Robinson is bisexual, of half-Irish and half-Chinese descent, and the characters in her novels similarly lie "in the middle of a spectrum rather than out at the ends".[12]

Pen name

Robinson choose the pseudonym Riley Redgate when she was 16 years old, brainstorming it with the help of other members of a writers' forum. Her composition criteria consisted of three things: she wanted to keep her real initials; something gender neutral; and something easily pronounceable.[13]

Works

Discography

As Ríoghnach Robinson

As Catholique

References

  1. News: Pam . Schehl. Kenyon student-author visits MVHS. May 9, 2016. Mount Vernon News.
  2. Web site: K. Norcross Watts . Seven Ways We Lie explores 'grimy' adolescence. July 14, 2016 . JournalNow. Winston-Salem Journal.
  3. Web site: Class of 2016: Plans for After Graduation. Kenyon College.
  4. 'Riley Redgate' on WriteOnCon
  5. 'Contact the Onion' (archived on Wayback Machine) on The Onion
  6. Riley. Redgate. Joyce Lamb. Interview: Riley Redgate, author of 'Final Draft'. June 12, 2018. Happy Ever After. USA Today.
  7. Web site: Seven Ways We Lie. December 8, 2015. Kirkus Reviews. December 3, 2018.
  8. Web site: Noteworthy. March 6, 2017. Kirkus Reviews. December 3, 2018.
  9. Web site: Final Draft. April 30, 2018. Kirkus Reviews. December 3, 2018.
  10. Web site: Look No Further. June 21, 2023. Kirkus Reviews. November 18, 2024.
  11. Web site: Alone Out Here. April 5, 2022. Kirkus Reviews. April 10, 2022.
  12. Web site: Riley. Redgate. On rounding. Diversity in YA. 2016.
  13. 'Audio Name Pronunciation with Riley Redgate' on TeachingBooks.net
  14. News: 'Final Draft' by Chicago's Riley Redgate leads this week's Y.A. fiction roundup. Chicago Tribune. August 6, 2018. Christine. Heppermann.
  15. Web site: Tattoos, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.
  16. Web site: Somebody Say Something, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . September 22, 2019.
  17. Web site: two-quarter songs, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.
  18. Web site: Noteworthy OST, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.
  19. Web site: goodnight goodbye, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.
  20. Web site: quarantine music, by Ríoghnach Robinson . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.
  21. Web site: Season's Feelings, by catholique . Bandcamp . November 18, 2024.

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