Profile

Born and raised in St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, Kacen Callender is a bestselling and award-winning author of the middle-grade novels Hurricane Child and King and the Dragonflies, the young-adult novels This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story and Felix Ever After, and the adult novel Queen of the Conquered and its forthcoming sequel King of the Rising.​

They enjoy playing RPG video games in their free time.​

Kacen currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

Daria Peoples-Riley

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Kathryn Erskine

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Brian Lee Young

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Jillian Tamaki

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Kacen Callender

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Kelly Starling Lyons

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA