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Kelly Barnhill

Biography

Kelly Barnhill

Kelly Barnhill is the author of the adult novels THE CRANE HUSBAND and WHEN WOMEN WERE DRAGONS, and several middle grade novels, including the New York Times bestselling novels THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, winner of the 2017 John Newbery Medal, and THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS. She is also the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, and has been a finalist for the SFWA Andre Norton Nebula Award and the PEN America Literary Award. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.

Kelly Barnhill

Books by Kelly Barnhill

by Kelly Barnhill - Fantasy, Fiction, Horror

A 15-year-old is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mom, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it’s been just the three of them --- her mom has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed. Yet when her mom brings home a six-foot-tall crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting the intruder into her heart and her children’s lives. Utterly enchanted and numb to his sharp edges, her mom abandons the world around her to weave the masterpiece the crane demands.