
MacArthur Fellows Program
Karen Russell
Fiction Writer | Class of 2013
Blending fantastical elements with psychological realism to construct wildly imaginative settings and characters in tales of transformation and redemption.
Select News Coverage of Karen Russell
May 29, 2018
"Karen Russell Reads “Orange World”"
April 21, 2017
"Karen Russell's Resistance Reading"
October 1, 2015
"10 Ingenious Books By Certifiable Geniuses"
The Huffington Post
Sandra Cisneros , 1995 MacArthur Fellow
Lydia Davis , 2003 MacArthur Fellow
Jonathan Lethem , 2005 MacArthur Fellow
George Saunders , 2006 MacArthur Fellow
Chimamanda Adichie, 2008 MacArthur Fellow
Junot Díaz, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
Karen Russell, 2013 MacArthur Fellow
Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ben Lerner, 2015 MacArthur Fellows
Sandra Cisneros , 1995 MacArthur Fellow
Lydia Davis , 2003 MacArthur Fellow
Jonathan Lethem , 2005 MacArthur Fellow
George Saunders , 2006 MacArthur Fellow
Chimamanda Adichie, 2008 MacArthur Fellow
Junot Díaz, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
Karen Russell, 2013 MacArthur Fellow
Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ben Lerner, 2015 MacArthur Fellows
August 6, 2015
"Bookshelf: “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” by Karen Russell"
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