KARAH SUTTON

I’m thrilled to say that The Song of the Swan is now available in paperback! In the world of children’s books, having a paperback version is a major milestone. Hardcover books are more expensive, and can therefore be more inaccessible.... Read More

Over on my Goodreads, I try to review and recommend the best middle grade books I come across. This year featured truly wonderful, beautiful books, and I hope they find fans among readers young and old. Freddie vs. the Family... Read More

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS PITCH WARS, YOU ASK? Pitch Wars is a mentoring programme where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to spend three months revising their manuscript. It ends in February with an Agent... Read More

Hello MG writers! If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’ve written a book for Middle Grade readers and are wanting to learn more about your craft and to take steps towards pursuing publication by submitting to Pitch Wars! If... Read More

#WriteMentor is a new mentorship program for pre-agented MG and YA authors. In its first year, they received far more submissions than they expected, and asked me to step in as a middle grade mentor! My mentee Sasha Thomas has... Read More

#DVpit is one of my favorite events in the publishing industry. As per the #DVpit website: “#DVpit is a Twitter event created to showcase pitches from marginalized voices that have been historically underrepresented in publishing.” It’s an event that is... Read More

“How I Got My Agent” posts are something of a tradition in the online writing community. They provide so much comfort to querying writers navigating the heartache and endless waiting of the query trenches. In time, I might write one... Read More

Pitch Wars has offered the incredible opportunity for me to thoroughly revise my wolf manuscript with a published mentor. My mentor is K.C. Held, whose delightful novel murder mystery YA set in a renaissance themed dinner theatre made me laugh... Read More

Today was an amazing day for me. My partner has been away in Scotland for a month performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (he did really well by the way, getting 4-star reviews and an award nomination, which is incredible... Read More

I am delighted to say that my Russian fairytale MG story A TALE OF WITCHES AND WOLVES has been selected in this year’s Query Kombat! View the announcement here, where my entry is referred to by the nickname “Wolf in... Read More