Robin Potanin is a second-generation Siberian Australian who grew up in the Deep South of the USA. She has produced and written videogames on PS2, Xbox and PC.

Robin was the first student in Australia to submit a game story and game scripts for a Masters in Creative Writing. In addition to writing for games, she has an interest in tales from central Asia.

In 2008, Robin was researching videogame writing for a PhD at the University of Adelaide.