Robin Kirk

Biography

Kirk is the author of numerous books, short stories, essays, and poems. Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes around the World, is available from Chicago Review Press (June 2022). The final book of The Bond Trilogy--joining The Bond and The Hive Queen--is called The Mother’s Wheel and releases in September 2022. Kirk’s short story, “Love is a Wild Creature,” is included in Wicked South. Her travel essay on Belfast was featured in the Best American Travel Writing 2012 edited by William T. Vollman. Her chapbook poetry collection, Peculiar Motion, is available from Finishing Line Press. Her poem, "Imperator Furiosa posts a status update," is included in the 2017 Nasty Women Poets Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press). Kirk has also published two non-fiction books. She teaches human rights at Duke University.

Smashwords Interview

When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
In a way, I'm always writing: in the shower, cooking, scootering around. Somehow, my brain works on story especially well when I'm not trying to force something out in front of a computer. My readers will recognize many of my habits from my stories -- travel, cooking, reading, hiking, going to music and theater. Dancing, usually awkwardly.
How do you discover the ebooks you read?
I read A LOT, including all sorts of media, blogs, and social media. One of my favorite book blogs is Books, Bones and Buffy. Tam Sparks has a great eye for science fiction and fantasy. On Sundays, I generally have my computer open as I'm reading the paper and put on reserve the books I'm interested in. I also (usually) take part in #SundaySentence on Twitter and get so many great reading ideas from what other people love.
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Where to find Robin Kirk online

Series

The Bond Trilogy
The Bond Trilogy envisions a world where women rule, men fight to survive, and mutants must choose sides to win their own freedom. In The Bond, girls like Dinitra are engineered by Sowers while men will be eliminated once they can brew new generations in their laboratories. But resistance is growing. Rebels are fabricating humans of their own--including males--and plan to topple the Sowers in a war that could destroy them all. Dinitra's loyalty is tested when she’s captured by rebels and develops a dangerous bond with a male warrior--a shameful crime that she may pay for with her life. The Bond won a Foreward Indies Bronze in 2018. In The Hive Queen, warrior Fir leads his brothers on a quest that ends up threatening everything they hold dear. The beautiful Hive Queen compels Fir to betray his brothers and Fir must choose between them, his allegiance to the Queen, and his love for Dinitra. The Mother's Wheel finds the mutant Sil leading a ragtag group of refugees to hoped-for safety in The Deep. But who can you count on when you are the only one of your kind? Their destinies entwined, Sil, Dinitra, and Fir reunite in a thrilling conclusion.
The Bond
Price: $5.99 USD.
The Hive Queen
Price: $5.99 USD.
The Mother's Wheel
Price: $5.99 USD.

Books

The Mother's Wheel
Series: The Bond Trilogy, Book Three of The Bond Trilogy. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 90,540. Language: English. Published: September 6, 2022. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
The Mother’s Wheel is the final, thrilling conclusion to the Indie award-winning Bond Trilogy.
The Hive Queen
Series: The Bond Trilogy, Book Two of The Bond Trilogy. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 92,670. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2022. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
In the second book in the INDIE-award-winning Bond Trilogy, warrior Fir leads his brothers on a quest for salvation that will threaten everything they hold dear.
The Bond
Series: The Bond Trilogy, Book One of The Bond Trilogy. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 91,920. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2022. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
In the all-female Weave, everyone’s bio-engineered for perfection. Dinitra’s a misfit captured by rebels who breed males as slaves. She falls in love with one and must betray all to save his kind.
Commissioning Truths: Essays on the 30th Anniversary of Nunca Más
Price: Free! Words: 38,060. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Civil & human rights, Essay » Political
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the world's first truth commission, this collection of essays by activists and scholars examines the state of truth and reconciliation as a human rights tool.