Robie Harris

Robie H. Harris (born Roberta Heilbrun; April 3, 1940 – January 6, 2024) was an American author. She wrote more than 30 children's books, including the frequently challenged It's Perfectly Normal and It's So Amazing (1999).

Early life and education Roberta Heilbrun was born in Buffalo, New York on April 3, 1940. At age three, she announced that she wanted to be called Robie. Her mother worked in a biology laboratory, while her father was a radiologist. She grew up attending a Reform synagogue in Buffalo. She became interested in writing at a young age, and began writing stories in kindergarten. In high school, she was an editor of her school's newspaper. She went on to graduate from the Bank Street College of Education with a master's in teaching in 1966.

Awards She won the 2019 Mathical Book Prize for her book Crash! Boom! A Math Tale.

In 2020, Harris received the inaugural Mills Tannenbaum Award for Children's Literacy from Reach Out and Read of Greater New York.

Personal life Harris lived in New York City beginning in the 1960s, and was roommates with her cousin, novelist Elizabeth Levy, beginning in 1964.