Robie Harris
Robie Harris (née Heilbrun; April 3, 1940 – January 6, 2024) was an American author, specializing in books for children.
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Harris at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | Robie Heilbrun April 3, 1940 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2024 (aged 83) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Children's book author |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | It's Perfectly Normal It's so Amazing |
Robie Heilbrun was born in Buffalo, New York in 1940. She married William Harris and had two sons. Harris wrote several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She was a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy. She graduated from Wheaton College and the Bank Street College of Education. She won the 2019 Mathical Book Prize for her book Crash! Boom! A Math Tale. She died at a hospital in Manhattan on January 6, 2024 at the age of 83.
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