
publication was pushed to late May or early June because of pandemic-related delays.


Whole Whale was scheduled for release on May 1, but U.S. Whole Whale (Barefoot Books, 2021) was written by Karen Yin and illustrated by Nelleke Verhoeff.Ĭongratulations on your debut book! What’s it like having your book published during the pandemic? Find her online at and her book recommendations at. She lives with her partner and their cat friends on a mountain near Los Angeles. Karen is a member of SCBWI, the Authors Guild, and the Dramatists Guild.

Winner of the 2017 ACES Robinson Prize, Karen founded several nationally acclaimed digital tools for writers and editors, including Conscious Style Guide and The Conscious Language Newsletter. Acclaim for her writing includes a Lambda Literary Fellowship, a Table 4 Writers Foundation grant, an SCBWI Nonfiction Grant, and selection of her flash fiction for the Los Angeles Public Library’s permanent collection. Karen Yin is the author of Whole Whale (Barefoot Books, 2021) and So Not Ghoul (Page Street Kids, 2022).
