Kelly Barnhill
How lucky are we to have a chat with Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill?
Kelly Barnhill is the author of the adult novel When Women Were Dragons and several middle grade novels, including the New York Times bestselling novels The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the 2017 John Newbery Medal, and The Ogress and the Orphans. She is also the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, and has been a finalist for the SFWA Andre Norton Nebula Award and the PEN America Literary Award. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.
Mentioned in our conversation:
“How Traumatic Brain Injury Changed Me” by Kelly Barnhill, New York Times Opinion
When Women Were Dragons (Anchor, 2023) by Kelly Barnhill
“My job as the writer is to make way for the reader.”