Profile

K.A. Holt has dedicated her writing career to making sure kids (and adults) understand that anyone can be the main character of a book, and everyone deserves to see themselves reflected on the page.

From her award-winning middle grade novels-in-verse, Ben Bee and the Teacher Griefer, Redwood & PonytailKnockoutHouse Arrest, and Rhyme Schemer, to her prose novels From You to Me and Gnome-a-geddon, to her picture book, I Wonder, illustrated by Kenard Pak, K.A. Holt’s readers will discover main characters that struggle, celebrate, wonder, and discover in ways both new and familiar.

Education

BA - Art History | University of Texas at Austin

Anna-Marie McLemore

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Mary Quattlebaum

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Sheela Chari

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

K.A. Holt

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Laura Shovan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Louise Hawes

Faculty, MFA in WCYA & 2025-2026 Katherine Paterson Chair