About
Robyn Gigl is an author, attorney and advocate. Her novel, SURVIVOR’S GUILT, was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best Mystery and Thriller books of all time. Robyn’s first novel, BY WAY OF SORROW, published in March 2021, was called “quietly groundbreaking” by the NY Times and named one of the best crime novels of 2021 by CrimeReads. In addition to its selection by TIME Magazine, her second novel, SURVIVOR’S GUILT, published in January 2022, was named as one of the best crime novels of 2022 by the NY Times, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and won the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing. Robyn’s third novel, REMAIN SILENT, was published in May 2023 and was also nominated for the Joseph Hansen Award. Her fourth novel, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH will be published in June 2024. The main character in each of her books is New Jersey criminal defense attorney Erin McCabe. Erin is brave, smart, funny and transgender.
In addition to being an author, Robyn is an attorney and advocate who has been honored by the ACLU-NJ and the NJ Pride Network for her work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. She is a partner at the law firm of Gluck Walrath, LLP in Freehold, NJ, where she handles complex commercial and employment litigation. Robyn has been named as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in New Jersey, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Garden State Equality, NJ’s largest LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Organization. Robyn is a graduate of Stonehill College and Villanova University School of Law.
Robyn lives in New Jersey, and can be found at robyngigl.com on Twitter @robyngigl and Instagram @robyngigl . Robyn continues to practice law by day, and work on her next novel by night. Fortunately, she has a very boring social life.
Featured Work
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
New Jersey State Trooper Jon Mazer has been charged with killing Black investigative reporter Stewart Marshall in a racially charged, headline-making murder. The evidence against criminal defense attorney Erin McCabe’s new client is overwhelming. The gun used is Mazer’s off-duty weapon. Fingerprints and carpet fibers link Mazer to the crime. And Mazer was patrolling Marshall’s neighborhood shortly before the victim took three bullets to the chest. Mazer’s argument? He’s a gay officer being set up to take the fall in an even bigger story.
Mazer swears he was a secret source for Marshall’s exposé about the Lords of Discipline. The covert gang operating within the New Jersey State Police is notorious for enforcing their own code of harassing women, framing minorities, and out-powering any troopers who don’t play their rogue and racist games. With everyone from the governor to the county prosecutor on the wrong side of justice, Erin and her partner, Duane Swisher, are prepared to do anything to make sure Mazer doesn’t become another victim.
As Erin deals with an intensely personal issue at home, and faces an uphill battle to prove her client’s innocence, both she and Duane find themselves mired in a conspiracy of corruption deeper than they imagined—and far more dangerous than they feared.
Other Works
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REMAIN SILENT
2023
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SURVIVOR'S GUILT
2022
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BY WAY OF SORROW
2021
Awards and Recognition
- SURVIVOR'S GUILT - selected by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best mystery/thrillers of all time and winner of the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ Crime Writing, 2023.
