
Birth State
NM
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Author's Website
Occupation(s)
Author
Biography
Darby Karchut is a multi-award winning author, dreamer, and compulsive dawn greeter. A proud native of New Mexico, she now lives in the foothills of Pikes Peak, where she runs in blizzards and bikes in lightning storms. When not dodging death by Colorado, Darby is busy wrangling words. Her books include the best selling middle grade series, The Adventures of Finn MacCullen. Her YA debut novel, Griffin Rising, has been optioned for film. Her latest book for middle grade, Del Toro Moon, was released October 2018 from Owl Hollow Press. Visit the author at www.darbykarchut.com
Awards/Honors
Stag Lord - USA Book News 2016 Best Book Award Finalist
Stone's Heart - 2016 Chatelaine Award Finalist
Finn Finnegan – 2014 IPPY Silver Medal for Juvenile Fiction
Gideon's Spear - 2014 International Reader's Favorite Bronze Medal
Griffin Rising -- 2012 Gold Medal Children's Literary Classics; 2011 Sharp Writ Book of the Year
Griffin's Fire - 2012 Finalist, Sharp Writ Book Award; 2012 Readers' Favorite Bronze Award, Young Adult
Money and Teens -- 2013 EIFLE (Excellence in Financial Literacy Education) Book of the Year
Education/Training
MA in Education - The Colorado College ; BA in Anthropology - The University of New Mexico
Local Authors Genres
Published Works
Interviews
Organizations
PAL member of the SCBWI ;
Member of the Pikes Peak Writers
Member of the Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Craft of Writing - Genre Fiction - Middle Grade and YA Fiction