Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is an Indigenous Canadian author. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations in British Columbia, Canada.
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Personal life
Robinson was born in Kitamaat, British Columbia, and is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Robinson pursued her academic journey, earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia.
In 2003, Robinson returned to Kitamaat Village to provide care for her father, who had been battling Parkinson's Disease since 1998. However, in 2019, she faced her own health challenge with a diagnosis of Polymyalgia rheumatica.
Her sister, Carla Robinson, is a television journalist for CBC Newsworld.
Literary works
Robinson's first book, Traplines (1995), was a collection of four short stories. The young narrators recount haunting tales of their disturbing relationships with sociopaths and psychopaths. The collection won Britain's Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for the best regional work by a Commonwealth writer. One of the stories, "Queen of the North", was also published in The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women. Another of her short stories, "Terminal Avenue", (which was not included in Traplines) was published in the anthology of postcolonial science fiction and fantasy So Long Been Dreaming.