Joan Mary Gale Robinson (née Thomas; 10 February 1910 – 20 August 1988) was a British author and illustrator of children's books.
She married writer and illustrator Richard Gavin Robinson in 1941.
They lived in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
[5] When Marnie Was There (1967), her first young adult novel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal that year.
[6] Hayao Miyazaki selected Marnie as one of his fifty recommended children's books,[7] and Studio Ghibli adapted it into a film of the same name.