Robyn Maynard

Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence.

She is most noted for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, which received praise in some Canadian publications and achieved several awards and nominations. Alongside Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maynard also co-authored the 2022 book Rehearsals for Living, which was shortlisted in the 2022 Governor General's Awards. She has also produced scholarly publications on the topic of race and police abolition.

In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.