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

Varian Johnson

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

An Na

Faculty, MFA in WCYA; Writing Novels for Young People Retreat

William Alexander

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Sara Ryan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

A.S. King

Faculty (On Leave), MFA in WCYA

David Macinnis Gill

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Emily X.R. Pan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Fran Wilde

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Melanie Crowder

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

K.A. Holt

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Jane Kurtz

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Sheela Chari

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Mary Quattlebaum

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Corey Ann Haydu

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Louise Hawes

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Martine Leavitt

Faculty, MFA in WCYA; Alumnx Mini-Residency

Evan Griffith

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Jasmine Warga

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Jennifer Ziegler

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in WCYA

Kekla Magoon

Faculty Emerita, MFA in WCYA

Martha Brockenbrough

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Alex Sanchez

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Liz Garton Scanlon

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in WCYA

Veera Hiranandani

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Erica Perl

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Anna-Marie McLemore

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Laura Shovan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Anica Mrose Rissi

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Cory McCarthy

Faculty (On Leave), MFA in WCYA

Linda Urban

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Loree Griffin Burns

Faculty, MFA in WCYA