Carr studied nursing in college. She married her high school sweetheart just before he left for the US Air Force as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Carr followed her new husband from base to base, and because they did not stay in any one place for very long, she was unable to pursue her nursing career. When a difficult pregnancy required her to be off of her feet, Carr turned to romance novels to distract herself. She soon decided to write her own novels.

Carr has since published dozens of historical and contemporary romance novels, a suspense novel, a non-fiction work, short stories, articles, and even wrote several screenplays which have yet to be sold. Carr also hosts monthly "Carr Chats" at the Paseo Verde Library in Henderson, Nevada, where she interviews other authors.

In addition to Virgin River, her Sullivan's Crossing novel series has also been adapted into the television drama series Sullivan's Crossing, which premiered in 2023.^[3]

Carr has a son and a daughter.

Stand-alone novels edit

• Chelynne (1980)
• Blue Falcon (1981)
• Bellerose Bar (1982)
• Braeswood Tapestry (1985)
• The Troubadour's Romance (1985)
• By Right of Arms (1986)
• The Bellerose Bargain (1986)
• The Everlasting Covenant (1987)
• Tempted (1987)
• Rogue's Lady (1988)
• Informed Risk (1989)
• Woman's Own (1990)
• The Armstrong Women (1990)
• Mind Tryst (1992)
• The House on Olive Street (2000)
• The Wedding Party (2002)
• Blue Skies (2004)
• Runaway Mistress (2005)
• Never Too Late (2006)
• Four Friends (2014)
• Swept Away (2016) [Originally Published as 'Runaway Mistress']
• The Life She Wants (2016)
• The Summer That Made Us (2017)
• A Summer in Sonoma (2018)
• The Garden Party (2019)
• The View from Alameda Island (April 30, 2019)
• Sunrise on Half Moon Bay 2020
• A Family Affair (2022)

Grace Valley edit

1. Deep in the Valley (2001)
2. Just Over the Mountain (2002)
3. Down by the River (2003)

Virgin River edit

1. Virgin River (2007)
2. Shelter Mountain (2007)
3. Whispering Rock (2007)
4. A Virgin River Christmas (2008)
5. Second Chance Pass (2009)
6. Temptation Ridge (2009)
7. Paradise Valley (2009)
8. Under the Christmas Tree (In the anthology That Holiday Feeling) (2009)
9. Forbidden Falls (2010)
10. Angel's Peak (2010)
11. Moonlight Road (2010)
12. Sheltering Hearts (2010) [A Virgin River novella]
13. Midnight Confessions (In the anthology Midnight Kiss) (2010)
14. Promise Canyon (2011)
15. Wild Man Creek (2011)
16. Harvest Moon (2011)
17. Bring Me Home for Christmas (2011)
18. Hidden Summit (2012)
19. Redwood Bend (2012)
20. Sunrise Point (2012)
21. My Kind of Christmas (2012)
22. Return to Virgin River (2020)

Thunder Point edit

1. The Wanderer (2013)
2. The Newcomer (2013)
3. The Hero (2013)
4. The Chance (2014)
5. The Promise (2014)
6. The Homecoming (2014)
7. One Wish (2015)
8. A New Hope (2015)
9. Wildest Dreams (2015)

Sullivan's Crossing edit

1. What We Find (2016)
2. Any Day Now (2017)
3. The Family Gathering (2018)
4. The Best of Us (January 8, 2019)
5. The Country Guesthouse (2020)

Omnibus edit

• To Mother with Love: Way Home / Backward Glance / So This Is Love (1993) (with Linda Howard and Cheryl Reavis)
• That Holiday Feeling: Silver Bells / The Perfect Holiday / Under the Christmas Tree (2009) (with Debbie Macomber and Sherryl Woods)
• Midnight Kiss: Midnight Confessions / Midnight Surrender / Midnight Assignment (2010) (with Jean Brashear and Victoria Dahl)
• 'Tis the Season: Under the Christmas Tree / Midnight Confessions (2014)
• Home to You: Virgin River / When Lightning Strikes (2017) (with Brenda Novak)
• All I Want for Christmas: A Virgin River Christmas / Under the Christmas Tree (2018)

Non-fiction edit

• Practical Tips for Writing Popular Fiction (1993)

Anthologies containing stories by Robyn Carr edit

• David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996)

Short stories edit

• "Natasha's Bedroom" (1996)

• Robyn Carr official website