Kathleen Glasgow Biography
Kathleen Glasgow is the author of a New York Times bestseller. Her work often delves into the complex emotions and experiences of adolescence. Glasgow writes with a keen sense of realism and empathy, exploring themes of mental health and growing up. Her distinctive voice offers readers a profound glimpse into the minds of young people.
She was the coordinator of the University of Minnesota's MFA in Creative Writing program for thirteen years. Before writing her first novel, she was strictly a poet.
Glasgow's first young adult novel, Girl in Pieces, debuted #1 of the New York Times bestseller list. She says the novel is about "feeling alone in the world, even if you're connecting with other people." That the protagonist struggles with depression and self harm is based on her personal struggles.
Together with author Liz Lawson, she co-authored The Agathas and its sequel The Night in Question, the first and second novels in a mystery series about two teenage girls investigating the disappearance of a girl from their school. The series debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.
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