Robyn Sisman (1949–2016)
Author of Weekend in Paris
About the Author
Robyn Sisman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1955. She worked as a secretary at Oxford University Press before becoming an editor there. She later worked at J M Dent, the UK arm of Simon and Schuster, and Hutchinson. Her first novel, Special Relationship, published in 1995. Her other novels show more included Just Friends, Perfect Strangers, Weekend in Paris, Summer in the City, A Hollywood Ending, and The Perfect Couple. She died following a battle with cancer on May 20, 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical name
- Sisman, Robyn
- Legal name
- Sisman, Robyn Ann
- Other names
- Swett, Robyn Ann
- Birthdate
- 1949-08-04
- Date of death
- 2016-05-20
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
UK (residence) - Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Bath, Somerset, England, UK - Education
- Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall)
- Occupations
- publisher
novelist - Relationships
- Sisman, Adam (husband)
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- Works
- 8
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,378
- Popularity
- #18,657
- Rating
- 3.1
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- ISBNs
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Just Friends has a positively delicious blend of sexual tension, almost connections, misunderstandings, sudden realizations, and hurt feelings. Freya and Jack keep coming so close to finding something meaningful, to discovering things about themselves that would help them break free of the traps they’ve built for themselves, but they keep turning away from the truth. I cried for them and my heart broke for them, and in the end Robyn Sisman comes through in true chick-lit style and there’s a happy ending for all.… (more)