Me, the author…

At a New Jersey signing with a fabulous fan of SCREWBALL.

Keri Mikulski is the author of the Head Games (Razorbill/Penguin, January 6th, 2011), Pretty Tough Books 4 – 6 (Razorbill/Penguin, 2011-2012), Screwball (Blitz Publishing, 2008), The National Writing for Children Center’s 2008 Summer Young Adult Pick and its sequel Change Up (Blitz Publishing, 2009). Keri earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Thomas Jefferson University and a master’s degree in teaching from The College of New Jersey. A three-sport athlete in high school and two-sport athlete in college, her over thirty articles were sold to Current Health 1 and 2, Highlights for Children, Golfer Girl, Fastpitch Forever, Softball Youth, LiveStrong, and many other publications. Keri lives at the Jersey Shore with her family.

At a Texas signing with the super nice Natasha Watley.

Me, the has been…

From as far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved sports and books. However, as a teen and tween, I fell out of love with reading. For years I never picked up books for pleasure because I couldn’t relate to the main characters. They weren’t like me. They didn’t play sports.

Years later, I witnessed many of my sporty middle school students also morph into reluctant readers. As soon as I began writing professionally, I set out to write the books to reach this audience. And here I am – living my dream.

Proud member of…

Here’s a few interviews to check out…

• Courier Post Newspaper
• Gutsy Gab Podcast
• National Writing for Children Center’s Podcast
• With Tera Lynn Childs
• Institute of Children’s Literature
• Heartfelt Words for Kids
• Shari Green
• Jessica Burkhart
• P.J. Hoover
• Literary Rambles

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