

meet Karla
Karla lives with her family in small-town Wisconsin, where she is currently working on a new middle grade novel. She is also an active member of the Wisconsin chapter of the Society for Children's Books Writers and Illustrators. Karla frequently visits schools, bookstores, and libraries to talk about her work.
In addition to writing children's books, Karla is a freelance writer for Catholic publications and organizations. She is a regular contributor to Living Faith and Living Faith Kids. She also helped create a religious education series by William H. Sadlier, Inc.
Karla is represented by Emily Mitchell of Wernick & Pratt Literary Agency.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• video review by Chloe K, child "bookstagrammer"
• Jean Little Library, librarian blogger
• book blogger Lindsay Maeve Schubert for Under the Covers with a Flashlight blog
READ-ALOUD VIDEOS
INTERVIEWS
• MG Book Village blog with Canadian librarian Kathie MacIsaac
• blog interviews with author Valerie Biel
• with Write Now! Coach Rochelle Melander
• Journal-Eureka (hometown newspaper)
• Cynsations, blog of best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith
• From the Mixed-Up Files...of Middle Grade Authors blog
• Smack Dab in the Middle blog by author Jane Kelley
OTHER MEDIA
• Mom Writes podcast interview with daughter Amelia who inspired Meena

recent & upcoming activities
MEENA Book Club
Dwight Foster Public Library
July 12, 2022
Epilepsy Awareness Month
United States
November 2022
Writers' Discussion Group
Virtual
Second Tuesdays
TEAM MEENA
Book release!
January 17, 2023
Charlotte Zolotow Lecture
with Grace Lin & Alvina Ling
October 20, 2022
TEAM MEENA Book Launch
Mystery to Me Bookshop
January 18, 2023 - 7:00 p.m.
MEENA LOST AND FOUND
Paperback release!
October 25, 2022
World Read Aloud Day
Virtual
February 1, 2023