Robyn Friend has lived in Melbourne and Tasmania, where she has worked as an oral historian and taught creative writing. In 2002, Friend spent time in India as part of a writer's residency funded by Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council.
Friend has written in the genres of biography and oral history, reviews, essays and poetry. She has had short stories published in numerous literary magazines and newspapers, including Island, Inprint, Tabloid Story, and The Canberra Times.
Friend is the author of We Who Are Not Here - Aboriginal People Of The Huon And Channel Today (1992).
