If you’re in America and Canada, you’ll (hopefully) have noticed the gorgeous US editions of my books hitting shelves. We’ve now published the nine murder mystery novels in the Murder Most Unladylike series, and this year it’s the turn of my two companion books, Cream Buns and Crime and Once Upon a Crime. Cream Buns and Crime will publish on April 23 from Simon Kids, and ahead of that we’ve had the most wonderful review from Kirkus, the most trusted book review body in the US. Stevens’ nine-book series is a satisfying and highly successful combination of English boarding-school tales and trad ..read more

Ten years after Murder Most Unladylike first published in the UK, it’s amazing to see that it’s still arriving in new territories – and the latest addition is one I’m particularly pleased about, Spanish! El Crimen es Cosa de Damas has just published from Editorial Alma, translated by Andrea Montero Cusset. It’s out now, available in all good bookstores and online, and the sequel is on the way soon! I’m so thrilled to have Spanish readers introduced to my world and my detectives. It’s always so amazing to see my words travelling further and reaching more people than I ever could. It’s a special ..read more

My first event of 2024 has been announced: I’m coming to Oxford Central Library on the 9th of March for a free event in partnership with Daunt’s Summertown to celebrate World Book Day 2024. Tickets are limited as it’s a small space, so sign up now! And if you miss out, don’t worry. I’ll be back in May and June for a full programme of events to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Murder Most Unladylike, as well as the launch of our new crime fiction anthology, The Super Sunny Murder Club ..read more

I’m delighted to be bringing you my first announcement (and first post!) of 2024: the team that created 2021’s The Very Merry Murder Club is back with a brand new mystery anthology! My partner in crime Serena Patel and I are proud to present thirteen new and extremely puzzling short stories by thirteen of our favourite middle-grade authors: Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E.L. Norry, Elle McNicoll, Dominique Valente, Maisie Chan, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Roopa Farooki, Serena Patel, Sharna Jackson – and me! I’m really excited to be able to contribute a short story this ti ..read more

It’s the 23rd of December – which means that it’s officially Mistletoe and Murder season! I always make a post on this day each year to remind you all that if you want to start your festive read, or reread, today is the perfect time to do it. I’m now away for the holidays for the rest of the year, so this is the last post you’ll get from me in 2023. But I will be back in January, with a lot of exciting things – several really fun announcements to share with you, plans for the 10th anniversary of Murder Most Unladylike, and news about my 2024 tour dates. I hope you have a restful and peaceful h ..read more

It’s true – my tour for The Body in the Blitz is done! Thank you to everyone who came along and made it so special. I had a wonderful time and I hope you did too! I’m now resting from events until 2024 – I have to start planning Ministry 3, and then I’ll be mostly working on writing it in the spring of 2024. But in late spring/summer of 2024 I’ll be back out on the road for the 10th anniversary of Murder Most Unladylike! Please be patient until my tour dates are announced – I always try to get to as many parts of the UK and Ireland as possible, but of course I can’t always visit your town or c ..read more

I was interviewed in Hello! Magazine last week! I spoke to Matthew Moore about the importance of bookshops, why queer representation is so important in children’s books and about why I decided to write the Ministry of Unladylike Activity series after the end of the Murder Most Unladylike books. “It’s important to educate adults on what the stakes are here, it’s important to keep pointing out what it means to be queer, why queer role models need to be visible, and we need to be telling stories about queer people, because that is how we change minds. We need to have the courage of our convictio ..read more

A lovely review for The Body in the Blitz in the Lancashire Post! Who knew spying could be dead funny? Robin Stevens, multi-award-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, gathers up her murder-mystery loving fans and sweeps them back to wartime and into the lives of a feisty group of children who are hell-bent on saving the world. The Body in the Blitz is the second sleuthing adventures in this action-packed series which delivers spills, thrills and laughter from first page to last, and is proving to be an all-round, hands-down, dead-cert winner. … California-born Stevens is the ..read more

The big day is here! The Body in the Blitz is out NOW in all bookstores in the UK and Ireland! It’s also out now in India, and if you’re in Australia and New Zealand, your only have a week to wait – your publication date is the 17th of October (pre-order from Dymocks!). Usually South Africa, Hong Kong and other countries and territories follow by the end of the month – so wherever you are, hopefully you’ll be able to get your hands on a copy soon! I’m so glad that Eric, May and Nuala’s second adventure is here at last – it’s a book that took a lot of work, and one I’m very proud of. And I’m he ..read more

The time has come! I’m going on tour across the UK and Ireland for The Body in the Blitz, and you’re all invited to come along. Below is the latest schedule – it’s not final, as I know we’re still working on a few dates (they’re noted in here as TBC, and I’ll update them when I can), but most things are now set. So here goes! Bath Children’s Literature Festival – Saturday 30th September, 2:30pm. This is a talk followed by a signing. We have special PRE-RELEASE for the book, so it will be on sale that day! Ilkley Literature Festival – Sunday 8th October, 10:30am. This is a talk followed by a si ..read more