Kathleen Baldwin delights readers around the globe!
“Master of the unexpected,” Kathleen Baldwin is a Wall Street Journal, 1# Barnes & Noble, and Amazon bestselling author with more than a million copies of her books in readers’ hands worldwide. She writes unforgettable stories woven with heartfelt threads of wisdom, humor, and love.
Her award-winning books have been translated into multiple languages. A Japanese publisher adapted Lady Fiasco into a manga. The New York Times praised School for Unusual Girls as “enticing from the first sentence.” Scholastic licensed it for book fairs, and the series is under option for film.
Kathleen’s love of adventure isn’t limited to her writing. She taught rock climbing in the Rocky Mountains, survival-camped alone in forests, deserts, and snow, and unknowingly spent the night sleeping near a mountain lion. Along the way, she lost an argument with a rattlesnake, enjoyed way too many years in college, and finally fell in love and married her very own hero. They’ve raised four wildly adventurous children and are still in love, holding hands as they ride this breathtaking white-water river run we call life.
#1 USA Today bestselling author Meg Cabot raves that A School for Unusual Girls is “completely original and totally engrossing.” And The New York Times Book Review called it “enticing from the first sentence.”
Very Short Bio:
Kathleen Baldwin is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with over a million copies of her books in readers’ hands worldwide. She writes unforgettable stories woven with heartfelt threads of wisdom, humor, and love.
(Chattier info can be found on the About page.)
Awards & Accolades
Stranje House Novels:
★ A School for Unusual Girls, Exile for Dreamers, and Refuge for Masterminds were Junior Library Guild selections
★ Publisher’s Lunch listed A School for Unusual Girls in 2015 Young Adult BookBuzz.
★ Scholastic Books licensed the Stranje House series for book fairs.
★ New York Times gave A School for Unusual Girls glowing praise in their Sunday Book Review, deeming it “Enticing from the first sentence.”
★ A School for Unusual Girls was awarded the 2016 Spirit of Texas for reading programs
★ Kansas State NEA Reading Circle gave A School for Unusual Girls a starred review in their 2016 “Best of the Best” for High Schools.
★ Ian Bryce, producer of Spiderman, Saving Private Ryan, and other notable films optioned the series for film. The series is currently under option with Award-winning producer Beverley Gordon of Brown Bag Pictures.
★ Refuge for Masterminds won 2018 Booksellers Best Award Young Adult category
★ #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls Kathleen’s romantic Regency adventure series, “completely original and totally engrossing.”
★ “The depth of world-building is impressive.” Historical Novel Society, regarding Harbor for the Nightingale
My Notorious Aunt Novels
★ Lady Fiasco – was voted best traditional regency by Cataromance readers in 2004
★ Mistaken Kiss – Holt Medallion Finalist
★ Mistaken Kiss – 4 1/2 Stars from Romantic Times
★ Cut from the Same Cloth “…will linger in your mind’s eye long after you finish the story. Terrific!” – Huntress Reviews, 5 stars
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