Robin English-Bircher

Bio

Robin is a proud Roadrunner who graduated from UTSA with a BA in English with a Writing Specialization in 1999. While at UTSA, she became involved in a number of groups that have helped her in life after college, including being hired to teach at UTSA. Luck struck while at UTSA when she met her husband, Sean.

After completing her undergraduate, Robin pursued writing by studying Creative Writing, with an emphasis on Poetry, at Texas State University. She realized that most poets don’t earn a lot, so she also studied technical communication. She began teaching at Texas State, gaining two years of experience before teaching full-time at UTSA. While at Texas State, Robin worked on two literary journals, Texas Books in Review and Southwest American Literature. She published a review in Texas Books in Review and edited for both; she also spent time as the lead poetry editor for Southwest American Literature.

After graduate school, Robin returned home to San Antonio and UTSA, where she started working in 2004. While at UTSA, she has mainly taught both Freshmen Composition courses and Technical Writing. During those first years at UTSA, she also taught at St. Philip's College, teaching Freshmen Composition, Developmental Composition, and literary courses.

When not teaching, Robin works as a freelance game designer, writer, and editor. What started as a hobby at 10 has become a part of Robin's writing career. In 2015, she joined her husband to create a role-playing setting for the Savage Worlds system, The King is Dead. This led to two standalone adventures. She has also written for Wiseguys, Interface Zero, and Rippers. She took on the role of lead designer, writer, and editor for three books in the Savage Rifts line, and two books for Freedom Squadron. She also edited some of the Warhammer 40,000 role-playing game.

In addition to designing games, Robin actively writes about the Texas wine industry. She started writing about the Texas wine industry in 2012 with a blog that led to opportunities to write for Texas Wine and Trail Magazine and Lifestyles at Comanche Trace. In 2015, she joined the staff at Texas Wine Lover where she continues to write.

Robin also spends her free time playing and writing tabletop role-playing games. Robin has been an avid player, starting with D&D when she was 10, and regularly plays with friends, some she has been gaming with for over 20 years. In 2015, Robin signed on with her husband to create a role-playing setting for the Savage Worlds system, The King is Dead. They always find themselves behind with the main book, but at least they have a publisher already. So far, Robin and her husband have published an adventure module, VARGR, and are working on a second one for release in 2016. Robin has also helped her husband with his other publications, as well as the many talented writers they have met and now call their friends.