Kari Anne Holt
Author, poet, eternal seventh grader
About Kari
KA Holt is the author of many books for young readers, including the award-winning middle grade novels-in-verse House Arrest, Knockout, Rhyme Schemer, Redwood & Ponytail, and the Kids Under the Stairs series. Her novels have been featured on over 30 state library lists and her picture book, I Wonder (illustrated by Kenard Pak), has been featured twice in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Kari Anne is a founding member of Typewriter Rodeo, a traveling custom-poetry collective with a weekly feature on The Texas Standard, a syndicated public radio news program produced by KUT Austin. Kari Anne was recently inducted as a member of the storied Texas Institute of Letters, an honor society that recognizes distinctive literary achievement. She lives in Austin, TX.
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