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I write books for kids and teach creative writing at UAB. My new novel is called WEREWOLF HAMLET with Charlesbridge Moves in 2025. Happily married to Kiffen with three beautiful grown kids and a grandchild, Bonnie Alfred. https://www.kerrymadden.com/
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Please join us tomorrow on Saturday March 1st at 2:00 PM @onceuponatimebkstore in Montrose, oldest children’s bookstore in the US where I get to speak with the wonderful @paulayoo author of “Rising From the Ashes” winner of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Link in comments

Behold! My book trailer for my upcoming #mg #graphicnovel coming in September! #booksky @annmrose.bsky.social @kristiechoi.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @mgescapades.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Tonight is our first California reading and signing at Diesel Books in Brentwood at 6:30 with Susan Kaiser Greenland. I'm thrilled to be "home" in California. I also want to thank everyone who came to the Birmingham launch. We raised $500 for NAMI-Birmingham. www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Kerry-...

Contests & Giveaways | March 2025 February 21, 2025 in Contests and Giveaways WEREWOLF HAMLET - GIVEAWAY AND CONTEST from "Teaching Books." Charlesbridge Moves is giving away 5 copies of Werewolf Hamlet. Submit an entry for a chance to win! forum.teachingbooks.net/2025/02/cont...

Lots of familiar faces in this feature! ;)

We're running a book giveaway for WEREWOLF HAMLET via TeachingBooks.net forum.teachingbooks.net/.../contests... Thank you TeachingBooks.net and Blue Slip Media. Love xo

On the road with WEREWOLF HAMLET - A new Substack of looking back and remembering the stories on the road with earlier books. kerrymadden.substack.com/p/on-the-roa... Thank you for reading. Kerry xo

Take Five: 2025 Middle Grade Debuts from Teen Librarian Toolbox teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/02/21/t...

How many government jobs are gonna be lost this month and do these morons realize that number goes into the jobs report

Today's feel-good story shows the power of a public library. Rochester (NY) Public Library Program Takes Teens to Washington, DC 20 New York teens had an unforgettable trip visiting monuments and museums and learning and connecting with history. #Skybrarians www.slj.com/story/Roches...

www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/lifest...

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2fPmfh6/ Werewolf Hamlet - thank you @charlesbridge.bsky.social ❤️

Randi Pink, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, is a highly acclaimed author, educator, and jazz vocalist with a rich and diverse background. Randi’s most recent work is Under the Heron’s Light.

writersforum.org/werewolf-ham... Angus Gettlefinger has a problem—his big brother Liam might be a werewolf. What other explanation could there be for Liam’s increasing scruffiness, meanness, and sneaky nocturnal escapes from their Los Angeles home?

Congratulations fellow escapader, @kerrymadden.bsky.social !

It's WEREWOLF HAMLET day! Congratulations @kerrymadden.bsky.social !! #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks #BookReleaseDay

Coming to Union Ave on Thursday! Knoxville is my old high school and college stomping ground. Dad moved us to Knoxville against my will in high school (I cried the whole way from Pittsburgh) so he could coach for the Vols, but it became my home for a long time. unionavebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Thank you dear Marie xo Thank you with all my heart xo

We're so excited for tomorrow's release of WEREWOLF HAMLET by MGE author @kerrymadden.bsky.social ! #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

Fascism isn’t coming to America, it’s already here. We are long past the warnings of an approaching existential threat looming on the distant horizon of our story, which many of us spent the past decade imploring people not to ignore. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...

Is it possible to convey my love for all my Bluesky followers without taking you out to dinner or spending a single penny on flowers, chocolates or Valentine's Day cards? We're about to find out... (if you "like" this post) ♥️ 🥰💘🫶💟💝😻💚❣️😍❤️‍🔥💙👩‍❤️‍👨💛🖤👩‍❤️‍👩💟😘👨‍❤️‍👨💖💞 #HappyValentinesDay

They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would

"Managing the Monsters of Childhood" by Tina Chambers A publication of Tennessee Humanities I am getting reading for school visits and bookstore visits in Knoxville and Nashville. Thank you, Tennessee Humanities for this beautiful review. chapter16.org/managing-the...

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I love Canada

Schneider Award Honors 9 Books for Their Portrayal of the Disability Experience

Video from the second day at #Ccira www.instagram.com/reel/DFzEPzG...

The PB Rising Stars Mentorship Application window is approaching. A great opportunity for PB writers!

This graphic novel from @zombicatures.bsky.social will be fabulous!

This will be great! Take advantage!

Today we want to highlight the lush cover of OLLIE IN BETWEEN by Jess Callans! Cover art: @chantalhoreis.bsky.social #MGEscapades #MGECoverHighlights #MiddleGradeBooks

COVER REVEAL! Thanks to C.B. Royal @regalhouse.bsky.social for a gorgeous cover and Deborah Topolski for delightful interior art. Out 10/14, but preorders are open: regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/georgia-wats... Preorders help independent publishers. Link has summary/reviews. Thanks!

Happy to announce my first event as a debut author! Join us Tuesday, February 11 at 7:30 PM ET. Listen as five debuts discuss learning the author business all while meeting writing deadlines and keeping their creativity intact. Link in bio #booksky #kidlit

📚📪Book Mail📪📚 Look what arrived yesterday! Looking forward to reading about Angus’s family and Bea’s adventure as she joins her middle school’s first all girls hockey team! #bookposse @charlesbridge #kerrymaddenlunsford @barbfisch @emilydeibert @RHCBEducators

@sarahjmendonca.bsky.social 's debut novel is on sale for 25% off at B&N! #MiddleGradeEscapades

And make sure to stop by for a free caricature for a unique event memento!

Finally! The cover is off the cover! You can now preorder a signed copy at eugeniawangcomic.com. #kidlit #graphicnovel #coverreveal #booksky @mgescapades.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social @kristiechoi.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Do you believe the number 4 is cursed? #kidlit #graphicnovel #themanymisfortunesofeugeniawang #booksky eugeniawangcomic.com @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @mgescapades.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social @kristiechoi.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Don’t forget to follow our debut group! Keep an eye on the #MGEscapades hashtag too!

COVER REVEAL for #MiddleGradeEscapades member @zombicatures.bsky.social ! Check it out and preorder a signed copy today!

Gorgeous graphic novel from #MiddleGradeEscapades member @hisiheyah.bsky.social ! 🤩