About

Originally from New Jersey, Kathryn Robinson lived for many years in San Juan, Puerto Rico, teaching university-level English and freelancing as a travel writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in newspapers (The San Juan Star, The New York Times Travel Section), magazines (Qué Pasa, Caribbean Travel & Life), documentaries, and radio. Nonfiction books include The Other Puerto Rico and Where Dwarfs Reign: A Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico. In 2013, she moved with her husband to Spokane, Washington, trading the warm Caribbean waters for the chillier Inland Northwest lakes. In Spokane, she has focused on writing fiction.

Featured Work

Under the Tree Ferns

Release date, Jun 16, 2026
For the cover of the book, Under the Tree Ferns, a woman stands half-hidden in a rain forest.

This lushly written debut novel offers up one dead body, two amateur sleuths separated by decades, a vividly depicted Caribbean setting, and years of long-buried family secrets.

Distributed through Simon & Schuster.

Other Works

  • Where Dwarfs Reign: A Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico

    1997