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Karen Russell, author portrait
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Karen Russell

KAREN RUSSELL is the author of five books 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.
The Antidote
Sleep Donation
Orange World and Other Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Swamplandia!
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

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Books

The Antidote
Sleep Donation
Orange World and Other Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Swamplandia!
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Events

Tue Mar 11 | 07:00 PM
POWELL'S BOOKS
1005 W BURNSIDE ST
PORTLAND, OR 97209-3114
Google Map

Wed Mar 12 | 07:00 PM
Seattle Public Library
1000 4th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Google Map

Thu Mar 13 | 06:00 PM
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Google Map

Sat Mar 15 | 02:00 PM
Unity Temple
707 West 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
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Sat Mar 15 | 07:00 PM
RAVEN BOOK STORE
809 MASSACHUSETTS ST
LAWRENCE, KS 66044-2657
Google Map

Sun Mar 16 | 02:00 PM
Watermark Books
4701 E Douglas Ave
Wichita, KS 67218
Google Map

Mon Mar 17 | 07:00 PM
Magic City Books
221 E Archer St
Tulsa, OK 74103
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Mon Mar 24 | 06:00 PM
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Google Map

Tue Mar 25 | 07:00 PM
First Unitarian Church
48 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Wed Mar 26 | 06:00 PM
THE LYNX
601 S MAIN ST
GAINESVILLE, FL 32601-6719
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Thu Mar 27 | 07:00 PM
BOOKS & BOOKS
265 ARAGON AVE
CORAL GABLES, FL 33134-5046
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Tue Apr 01 | 05:30 PM
Francie & Finch Bookshop
130 South 13th Street, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68508
Google Map

Wed Apr 02 | 07:00 PM
PRAIRIE LIGHTS BOOKS
15 S DUBUQUE ST
IOWA CITY, IA 52240-3950
Google Map

Thu Apr 03 | 06:00 PM
THE BOOKWORM
2501 S 90TH ST
OMAHA, NE 68124-2012
Google Map

Fri Apr 04 | 07:00 PM
NATIONAL WILLA CATHER CENTER
413 N WEBSTER ST
RED CLOUD, NE 68970-2466
Google Map

Thu Apr 10 | 07:00 PM
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Sun Apr 13 | 07:00 PM
First Light Books
4300 Speedway Unit 104
Austin, TX 78751
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Mon Apr 14 | 07:30 PM
Alley Theatre
615 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
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Tue Apr 15 | 07:00 PM
St. Louis County Library Clark Family Library
1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63131
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Sat May 24 | 01:00 PM
Mountain Words Festival The Center for the Arts
606 Sixth St.
Crested Butte, CO 81224
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