Karen Russell, author portrait
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Karen Russell

KAREN RUSSELL is the author of six works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has received two National Magazine Awards for Fiction, the Shirley Jackson Award, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane prize, the 2024 Mary McCarthy Award, and was selected for the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" prize and The New Yorker's "20 under 40" list (She is now decisively over 40). She has taught literature and creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University of California-Irvine, Williams College, Columbia University, and Bryn Mawr College, and was the Endowed Chair of Texas State’s MFA program. She serves on the board of Street Books, a mobile-library for people living outdoors. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, son, and daughter.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Swamplandia!
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

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Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Swamplandia!
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Events

Mon Mar 16 | 07:00 PM
BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ
1520 PACIFIC AVE
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060-3903
Google Map

Tue Mar 17 | 07:00 PM
Kepler's
1010 EL CAMINO REAL
MENLO PARK, CA 94025-4349
Google Map

Thu Mar 26 | 07:00 PM
THE BOOKSMITH
1727 HAIGHT ST
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117-2807
Google Map

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