Robin McKown

Robin McKown (January 27, 1907 — August 1975) was an American writer of young adult literature, chiefly biography and fiction. During and after World War II, she was chair of an organization that helped the widows and orphans of men who had died fighting for the French Resistance. She received the Josette Frank Award for Janine in 1960. The following year she received the Child Study Association Award for the same book. or Boulder, Colorado. During her childhood in Denver, she was known as Louise and Louisa Clason. Her parents were Anna and George Samuel Clason, Her brother Clyde B. Clason was also an author. She died in August 1975 in Beaver Dams, New York. She was also a literary agent. Packages of food, clothing, toys and medicine were sent to more than 1,000 survivors. Later, she returned to northeastern France and lived there for three years, an experience that inspired the settings for two of her novels, Janine and Patriot of the Underground.