Karen Palmer is a Pushcart Prize winner and has received grants from the NEA and Colorado Council on the Arts. She's Under Here grew out of her award-winning essayThe Reader Is the Protagonist, first published in Virginia Quarterly Review and selected by Leslie Jamison for inclusion in Best American Essays 2017. More recently her short story Birds of Paradise won the 2022 Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, The Kenyon Review, Arts & Letters, and Kalliope, among others. She lives in Los Angeles.

Publications

All Saints: a novel
”A gumbo of sex and blues, religion and death, racism and revenge.” —New York Times
”Taut, vivid.” –Entertainment Weekly
”This stunning debut novel weaves the stories of three lonely people into a lyrical tale of hope.” —Washington Post

Border Dogs: a novel
”Palmer’s impressive second novel works on several levels as an exploration of borders and boundaries.” —Publisher’s Weekly
”Two deaths catalyze a suspenseful unraveling of secrets and lies.” —San Diego Union Tribune
”Written with skill and courage … Palmer does the big scenes as perfectly as the small.” —Chicago Tribune

Essays
“The Reader Is the Protagonist” [VQR, Best American Essays 2017]
”According to the Map” [Arts & Letters]
”All Those Stars” [The Rumpus]
”The Defiant Heart” [Manifest Station]

Short Fiction
”Virtuoso Mio” [Pushcart Prize XXIV, The Bedford/St. Martin Introduction to Literature]
”Birds of Paradise” [Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction]
”Over the Roof Is Out” [Georgia Review]
”The Matchmaker” [James Franco Review]
”Getting Rid of the Egg” [Kalliope]

Contact

Inquiries about rights and reprints should be directed to:

Susan Ramer
Don Congdon Associates
88 Pine Street, Suite 730
New York, NY 10005
212-645-1229
dca AT doncongdon (dot) com

Contact Karen by email at: karenpalm AT gmail (dot) com
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