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Karen Russell (born July 10, 1981) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel , Swamplandia! , was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction . In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 under 35 honoree.
Learn about Karen Russell, the author of Swamplandia!, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, and Orange World, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. Her latest novel, Sleep Donation, is a dark satire of a plague of insomnia.
Karen Russell is the author of five books of fiction, including the NYT bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove.
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- Swamplandia!
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories.
- St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.
- Sleep Donation.
- Sleep Donation. “[Written] with Twilight Zone-like inventiveness and the energy and brio of a natural fantasist with a proclivity for blending the real and surreal, the psychological and the sci-fi. . . .
- Orange World. “Amidst the leading pack of talents Karen Russell writes the most like she’s on fire, as in: this close to revelations. Orange World is her best collection yet.
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove. “From apparent influences as disparate as George Saunders, Saki, Stephen King, Carson McCullers and Joy Williams, [Russell] has fashioned a quirky, textured voice that is thoroughly her own: lyrical and funny, fantastical and meditative.”
- Swamplandia! “Absolutely irresistible. . . . A suspenseful, deeply haunted book. . . . A marvel.” —The New York Times. “[Russell] has thrown the whole circus of her heart onto the page, safety nets be damned. . . .
Oct 4, 2021 · Willing Davidson interviews the author Karen Russell about “The Ghost Birds,” her story from the October 11, 2021, issue of The New Yorker.
Sep 25, 2013 · Karen Russell is a fiction writer whose haunting yet comic tales blend fantastical elements with psychological realism and classic themes of transformation and redemption.
