Karchut, Darby | Pikes Peak Library District

Birth State

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

http://www.darbykarchut.com/

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

General Nonfiction