Karen Schwabach, who also uses the pen name Sage Blackwood, is an American author of children's books and young adult fiction, best known for her Jinx series.
Biography Blackwood was born in Chicago, grew up in New York, and spent many years living in Alaska. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College and a Master of Science in Teaching English as a second or foreign language from University at Albany, SUNY.
Before devoting her time to writing, Blackwood taught English as a second or foreign language in the Yup’ik village of Cheforna, after which she taught at Salem College in North Carolina.
Awards and honors Jinx was named one of the best books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, the Chicago Public Library, and Amazon.
Miss Ellicott’s School for the Magically Minded is a Junior Library Guild book. +Awards for Blackwood's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2002Sidney Taylor Book AwardWinner2013JinxBooklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelectionCybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Speculative FictionFinalist2016Mark Twain Readers Award2017Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically MindedCybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Speculative FictionFinalist2018Amelia Bloomer Book ListSelection
Publications
As Karen Schwabach
Thailand: Land of Smiles (1991, Dillon Press) El Salvador on the Road to Peace (1998, Dillon Press) A Pickpocket's Tale (2006, Random House) The Storm Before Atlanta (2010, Random House) The Hope Chest (2008, Random House) Starting From Seneca Falls (2020, Random House)
As Sage Blackwood
Standalone books Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded (2017, Katherine Tegen Books, )
Jinx series The Jinx books are published by HarperCollins. Jinx (2013) Jinx's Magic (2014) Jinx's Fire (2015)
References
External links
Official website