Robinson is a graduate of
Liverpool School of Art, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from
Lancaster University in 2006. His debut novel
Electricity was shortlisted for both the
James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the
Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. The
screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring
Agyness Deyn. The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015. His other novels are
The Man Without (2008),
Forgetting Zoë (2010),
Jawbone Lake (2013) and
The Mating Habits of Stags (2019).
Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize and
The Mating Habits of Stags was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the
Irish Times. As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film
Dream Town, examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of
Svalbard. The film won Best Picture at the
Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film
Edith, starring
Peter Mullan and
Michelle Fairley, which was also longlisted at the
British Independent Film Awards.
The Mating Habits of Stags is based on the film. Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient. ==References==