The Author Study of

Kelly Barnhill
Self Described as: Author, Teacher, Mom, Newbery Medalist, Terrible gardener, and a Maker of pies

Author Biography
Kelly Barnhill currently resides in Minnesota, with her husband and three children. Mrs. Barnhill had many job titles before she actually became a writer, just to name a few: bartender, park ranger, janitor, secretary and volunteer firefighter. She's dabbled into all types of children's literature such as the writing of novel, short stories, and poems. A lot of her work is centered around fantasy and science fiction. After her second child is when she really began to write and since then she's had many accomplishments that resulted in awards. Kelly is a very funny and passionate children's literature writer.

List OF Work

• Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon
• The Witch's Boy
• The Mostly True Story of Jack
• Iron Hearted Violet
• Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch

The Writing Process
Kelly's writing process is one that is hard to describe, even for her. She said there's no planning involved before starting a project. She get text in her head while running or at odd time like listening to the outdoors. There are random times, objects, people, places, and things that give her an idea to run with. Finally she figures out the story behind the story and whether it will be a poem, novel or a short story.

Awards and accomplishments

• 2017 John Newbery Medal
• 2015 McKnight Writing Fellowship in Children's Literature
• Parents Choice Gold Award
• Texas Library Association Bluebonnet Award
• Charlotte Huck Honor
• World Fantasy Award

Reference Page

• https://kellybarnhill.wordpress.com/about/
• https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/01/23/books-kelly-barnhill-newbery-award...