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Karen Russell

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July 10, 1981 in Miami, The United States

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About this author

Karen Russell graduated from Columbia University's MFA program in 2006. Her stories have been featured in The Best American Short Stories, Conjunctions, Granta, The New Yorker, Oxford American, and Zoetrope. Her first book of short stories, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, was published in September 2006. In November 2009, she was named a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree. In June 2010, she was named a New Yorker "20 Under 40" honoree. Her first novel, Swamplandia!, was published in February 2011.

She lives in Washington Heights, New York.


Average rating: 3.31 · 13,104 ratings · 3,284 reviews · 7 distinct works
Swamplandia!
3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 10,111 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls R...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,742 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Vampires: The Recent Undead
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010
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“My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.”
Karen Russell, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed expectation. They fanned their dance cards, these guests that pressed against the walls of your heart.”
Karen Russell, Swamplandia!

“Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to worry about some squeaky-shoed librarian turning the lights off on you or gauging your literacy by reading the names on your book spines, and there wouldn’t be a single other patron. The whole place would hum with a library’s peace, filtering softly over you like white bars of light…”
Karen Russell, Swamplandia!

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SciFi and Fantasy...: What I'm Also Reading in January 2009 58 430 Jan 31, 2009 12:54pm  
YA Book Council: Notepad for Unofficial Books 2 42 Aug 15, 2009 09:04pm  
"The BB's": The New Yorker 20 Best Writers Under 40 (UPDATED w/ Britain's List) 20 16 Aug 17, 2010 04:14pm  
Beyond Reality: Forthcoming books for February 2011 15 52 Feb 21, 2011 12:21pm  
The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2898 730 May 31, 2011 09:01pm  
Bookish: Fiction 2010 - 20 Writers Under 40 To Watch 16 89 Jun 15, 2011 01:20pm  
Long Distance Boo...: Swamplandia! 6 1 Aug 16, 2011 04:41am  
The Book Addicts!: 20 Under 40 12 285 Sep 11, 2011 03:13pm  
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