About KA
K.A. Holt is a writer, a terrible cook, and a mother of three (not necessarily in that order). When she’s not busy imagining how she would survive a trip to Mars or a zombie apocalypse, she’s busy imagining how she will survive the day.
Kirkus and Publishers Weekly praised her first book for children, MIKE STELLAR: NERVES OF STEEL, with fancy words like precocious and complex, and savvy and... More
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7/27/2012 | I’m sure there’s a writing metaphor in this somewhere, but mostly it’s about the Olympics and hospitals. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. (0 Comments )
The last time the Summer Olympics rolled around I had been in the hospital for fifteen long, terrifying, sleepless days. I was there for the duration of my pregnancy, which I was told could end at any second – or go on for another 16 weeks.... Read the rest of this post |
7/27/2012 | I’m sure there’s a writing metaphor in this somewhere, but mostly it’s about the Olympics and hospitals. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. (0 Comments )
The last time the Summer Olympics rolled around I had been in the hospital for fifteen long, terrifying, sleepless days. I was there for the duration of my pregnancy, which I was told could end at any second – or go on for another 16 weeks.... Read the rest of this post |
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KA's Published Works | Ages | Date Published | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 6 from KA's published works, View all 6 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
1. House Arrest (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Publisher: Chronicle Books |
N/A |
10/06/2015 Add | |||
1,976 Reviews | |||||
2. Brains For Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?! (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Illustrator: Gahan Wilson Publisher: Roaring Brook Press |
Ages 9-12 |
08/17/2010 Add | |||
67 Reviews | |||||
3. Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 9-12 |
06/23/2009 Add | |||
46 Reviews | |||||
4. Haiku Mama: Because 17 Syllables Is All You Have Time to Read (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Publisher: Quirk Books |
N/A |
02/01/2006 Add | |||
33 Reviews | |||||
Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) |
Books Recently Added to KA's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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1. Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 9-12 |
9/30/2009 Add | |||
KA tagged as: I wrote | |||||
46 Reviews | |||||
2. Haiku Mama: Because 17 Syllables Is All You Have Time to Read (Hardcover) Author: K. A. Holt Publisher: Quirk Books |
N/A |
9/30/2009 Add | |||
KA tagged as: I wrote | |||||
33 Reviews | |||||
Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) |
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