Karlyn Coleman

Karlyn Coleman took her first writing class at the Loft in 2004 and has been involved with the Loft ever since. She is a teacher, volunteer and author. She has published eight young adult novels under the pen name K.R. Coleman. Her first picture book, Where Are All the Minnesotans? was released in 2017. Her honors include a Minnesota Emerging Writers Grant, a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants, and a Loft Literary Center Mentor Series award. Her short story, "Ice Roads," was awarded first place in fiction at Crab Orchard Review and her story, "Orange Crush," was recently published at Water~Stone. She works in marketing at Lerner Publishing.