SHORT AUTHOR BIO
Karen Strong is the critically acclaimed author of middle grade novels Just South of Home, Eden’s Everdark, and The Secret Dead Club. She is also a Star Wars contributor featured in Stories of Jedi and Sith, and the editor of the young adult anthology Cool. Awkward. Black. Her work has been praised by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal and has also received recognition as a CYBILS award finalist, Ignyte award finalist, BCCB Blue Ribbon, and Junior Library Guild Gold Selection. Find her online at karen-strong.com.
LONG AUTHOR BIO
Karen Strong is the critically acclaimed author of middle grade novels Just South of Home, which was chosen for several Best of Year lists including Kirkus Reviews Best Books; Eden’s Everdark, a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection and a BCCB Blue Ribbon; and The Secret Dead Club, her latest novel published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Karen is the editor of the young adult anthology Cool. Awkward. Black. and a Star Wars contributor featured in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back and Stories of Jedi and Sith. Her short fiction appears in A Phoenix First Must Burn, The White Guy Dies First, and Black Girl Power. Born and raised in Georgia, Karen is an avid lover of strong coffee, yellow flowers, and night skies. You can visit her online at karen-strong.com.