Karen Russell

Summary: <p><span>I wanted to read a masterpiece but this is just a book.</span></p> <p><span>Karen Russell is the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/603892/orange-world-and-other-stories-by-karen-russell/9780525656135/"><em>Orange World</em></a> and other books. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship and lives in Oregon with her husband and son. Her other books include: <em>St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves</em>, <em>Swamplandia!</em>, <em>Vampires in the Lemon Grove</em> and </span><em>Sleep Donation: A Novella.</em></p> <p><span>Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at <a href="https://apps.nypr.org/crowdsourcing/21" target="_blank">10thingspodcast.org</a><span>.</span></span></p>