Born in Sydney in 1952, Dr Robyn Rowland grew up in the New South Wales seaside town of Shellharbour. She lived in New Zealand from 1978 to 1980, and in England in 1984. She has visited Ireland regularly since 1983. Her first book of poetry, Filigree in Blood, was published by Longman Cheshire in 1982, and her poems have been widely published in Australian journals and magazines. 

Robyn Rowland is well known for her work in bringing social and feminist issues into the public debate on new reproductive technologies. Her most recent book is Living Laboratories:Women and Reproductive Technologies.