Katie L. Carroll
@katielcarroll.com
Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
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Through the end of the year use code 2025 to get 10% off when you buy books directly from me. Physical books to U.S. addresses only, but ebooks are international!
I've got YA fantasy, YA thrillers, middle grade books, picture books, and children's nonfiction.
katielcarroll.com/purchase-boo...
I've got YA fantasy, YA thrillers, middle grade books, picture books, and children's nonfiction.
katielcarroll.com/purchase-boo...
The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
➡️ itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
➡️ itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
➡️ itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
➡️ itch.io/b/3441/lands...
On a reading retreat with the 11-year-old. Gave him a choice of about 5 different places we could stay. He wanted a place with a fireplace and a water view.
Perfect foggy, rainy weather for reading!
Our buddy read for the trip is The Inheritance Games.
Perfect foggy, rainy weather for reading!
Our buddy read for the trip is The Inheritance Games.
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On a reading retreat with the 11-year-old. Gave him a choice of about 5 different places we could stay. He wanted a place with a fireplace and a water view.
Perfect foggy, rainy weather for reading!
Our buddy read for the trip is The Inheritance Games.
Perfect foggy, rainy weather for reading!
Our buddy read for the trip is The Inheritance Games.
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For the last few weeks, it was "summer warm" over here, but now temperatures are dropping again (not sure that I like it 😉), so it's a good time to remind you about Lands of Frost: a bundle of very wintery fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
Get your winter TBR sorted!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
Get your winter TBR sorted!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For the last few weeks, it was "summer warm" over here, but now temperatures are dropping again (not sure that I like it 😉), so it's a good time to remind you about Lands of Frost: a bundle of very wintery fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
Get your winter TBR sorted!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
Get your winter TBR sorted!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
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The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
I've read hundreds of books this year. Yes, multiple hundreds.
Many were novels, many more were picture books.
Picture books count just as much as longer books.
Many were novels, many more were picture books.
Picture books count just as much as longer books.
I don’t think people understand how easy this is to do and it has nothing to do with “porny” books. You could read 120 lit fic books in a year, but people choose not to. Romance readers like to read the same way gamers like to game or crafters like to craft.
I’m usually against this kind of thing but since it’s Twitter the comments have me siding with her. She read 120 porny books and yes that is great and yes she’s better than YOU
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've read hundreds of books this year. Yes, multiple hundreds.
Many were novels, many more were picture books.
Picture books count just as much as longer books.
Many were novels, many more were picture books.
Picture books count just as much as longer books.
Revising that part in my cozy dystopian WIP where Jaylen gives Mel roses and she starts listing off all the practical uses for them. She's so adorably clueless!
December 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Revising that part in my cozy dystopian WIP where Jaylen gives Mel roses and she starts listing off all the practical uses for them. She's so adorably clueless!
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You know what would actually help struggling artists? Universal healthcare and universal basic income
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
You know what would actually help struggling artists? Universal healthcare and universal basic income
The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The liminal space between Christmas and the New Year is the perfect time to get lost in the icy worlds of the Lands of Frost book bundle on Itch. ❄️
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
12 books for $10!!!
#booksky #bookbundle #winter #books
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
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You don't need AI as an indie author, you need community. You need people who can help you when you're burning out (and vice versa, importantly). Trade labor with each other, beta read for one another, connect with editors and cover artists. Teach & learn. Help promote one another.
December 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You don't need AI as an indie author, you need community. You need people who can help you when you're burning out (and vice versa, importantly). Trade labor with each other, beta read for one another, connect with editors and cover artists. Teach & learn. Help promote one another.
Putting together the 2026 family calendar.
With 3 kids in multiple sports, our Jan/Feb weekly schedule is Sunday 1 game, Monday 2 practices, Wednesday 3 practices, Thursday 1 gym time, Friday 1 practice, & Saturday 3 practices/games.
I'm tired already!
With 3 kids in multiple sports, our Jan/Feb weekly schedule is Sunday 1 game, Monday 2 practices, Wednesday 3 practices, Thursday 1 gym time, Friday 1 practice, & Saturday 3 practices/games.
I'm tired already!
December 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Putting together the 2026 family calendar.
With 3 kids in multiple sports, our Jan/Feb weekly schedule is Sunday 1 game, Monday 2 practices, Wednesday 3 practices, Thursday 1 gym time, Friday 1 practice, & Saturday 3 practices/games.
I'm tired already!
With 3 kids in multiple sports, our Jan/Feb weekly schedule is Sunday 1 game, Monday 2 practices, Wednesday 3 practices, Thursday 1 gym time, Friday 1 practice, & Saturday 3 practices/games.
I'm tired already!
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Snowpocalypses, ice phoenixes, the Wild Hunt, winter dragons, and dying worlds. The Lands of Frost bundle is filled with wintery awesomeness.
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
If you like #fantasy, #horror, or #scifi grab yourself something hot to drink and delve right in!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
If you like #fantasy, #horror, or #scifi grab yourself something hot to drink and delve right in!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
Lands of Frost by Susanne Schmidt and 12 others
Lands of Frost: 12 items for $10.00
itch.io
December 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Snowpocalypses, ice phoenixes, the Wild Hunt, winter dragons, and dying worlds. The Lands of Frost bundle is filled with wintery awesomeness.
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
If you like #fantasy, #horror, or #scifi grab yourself something hot to drink and delve right in!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
If you like #fantasy, #horror, or #scifi grab yourself something hot to drink and delve right in!
📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐
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The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Need to fill up that new ereader? Escape into a world of ice and snow with these 12 stories for only $10!
The Lands of Frost bundle is a collection of twelve fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books packed with ice and snow.
💙📚🪐📚🩸 📦📚 📢📚
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
The Lands of Frost bundle is a collection of twelve fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books packed with ice and snow.
💙📚🪐📚🩸 📦📚 📢📚
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Need to fill up that new ereader? Escape into a world of ice and snow with these 12 stories for only $10!
The Lands of Frost bundle is a collection of twelve fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books packed with ice and snow.
💙📚🪐📚🩸 📦📚 📢📚
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
The Lands of Frost bundle is a collection of twelve fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books packed with ice and snow.
💙📚🪐📚🩸 📦📚 📢📚
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
Now that Christmas is over, my family turns our focus to Creodamus Day. It's a holiday my kids made up where we make each other gifts and wrap them in handmade paper.
It happens the 4th Sunday in January. Feel free to celebrate this holiday with your family!
It happens the 4th Sunday in January. Feel free to celebrate this holiday with your family!
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Now that Christmas is over, my family turns our focus to Creodamus Day. It's a holiday my kids made up where we make each other gifts and wrap them in handmade paper.
It happens the 4th Sunday in January. Feel free to celebrate this holiday with your family!
It happens the 4th Sunday in January. Feel free to celebrate this holiday with your family!
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All we want for Christmas is an "opt out of Al" button on everything.
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
All we want for Christmas is an "opt out of Al" button on everything.
Added a whole bunch of library holds after reading this list of science fiction books for kids!
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Added a whole bunch of library holds after reading this list of science fiction books for kids!
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Well lookie here! It's my best of/most notable/favorite young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books of 2025! reactormag.com/notable-youn...
Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2025 - Reactor
Check out 30 of the best young adult titles of the year
reactormag.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Well lookie here! It's my best of/most notable/favorite young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books of 2025! reactormag.com/notable-youn...
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we keep printing these
people keep requesting them
because book bans aren't slowing down
free bookmark, free shipping, zero catch
get yours here:
bannedcamppodcast.com/fdt
why are we doing this? we read banned books every week on our show. this felt like the least we could do.
people keep requesting them
because book bans aren't slowing down
free bookmark, free shipping, zero catch
get yours here:
bannedcamppodcast.com/fdt
why are we doing this? we read banned books every week on our show. this felt like the least we could do.
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
we keep printing these
people keep requesting them
because book bans aren't slowing down
free bookmark, free shipping, zero catch
get yours here:
bannedcamppodcast.com/fdt
why are we doing this? we read banned books every week on our show. this felt like the least we could do.
people keep requesting them
because book bans aren't slowing down
free bookmark, free shipping, zero catch
get yours here:
bannedcamppodcast.com/fdt
why are we doing this? we read banned books every week on our show. this felt like the least we could do.
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Rather, shame people for not reading kids’ books. We need the money.
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Rather, shame people for not reading kids’ books. We need the money.
Captain Kidd had a letter of marque and ended up swinging over the Thames.
December 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Captain Kidd had a letter of marque and ended up swinging over the Thames.
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Looking for a great seasonal read??
11 SFFH books for $10 with all the snow and cold wind you could ask for!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
11 SFFH books for $10 with all the snow and cold wind you could ask for!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looking for a great seasonal read??
11 SFFH books for $10 with all the snow and cold wind you could ask for!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
11 SFFH books for $10 with all the snow and cold wind you could ask for!
itch.io/b/3441/lands...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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While I'm on the topic of people pushing back against book bans...
Two of the teens who helped overturn a ban on books in the Georgia statewide reading bowl are among GLAAD's 20 Under 20 this year.
Please read Ritvik and Vidya's stories:
www.teenvogue.com/story/glaad-...
Two of the teens who helped overturn a ban on books in the Georgia statewide reading bowl are among GLAAD's 20 Under 20 this year.
Please read Ritvik and Vidya's stories:
www.teenvogue.com/story/glaad-...
GLAAD 20 Under 20 2025: Meet the Young LGBTQ Changemakers Shaping the World
Honoring Zaya Wade, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, and more incredible LGBTQ youth.
www.teenvogue.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
While I'm on the topic of people pushing back against book bans...
Two of the teens who helped overturn a ban on books in the Georgia statewide reading bowl are among GLAAD's 20 Under 20 this year.
Please read Ritvik and Vidya's stories:
www.teenvogue.com/story/glaad-...
Two of the teens who helped overturn a ban on books in the Georgia statewide reading bowl are among GLAAD's 20 Under 20 this year.
Please read Ritvik and Vidya's stories:
www.teenvogue.com/story/glaad-...
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Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...
Got a plumber coming this afternoon because Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong, so it's a great day to buy my books! 😅
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...