K Ancrum

K. Ancrum is the award-winning author of The Corruption of Hollis Brown, longlisted for the National Book Award and is a Los Angeles Book Prize finalist, Icarus, a Lambda Literary Award winner, and the acclaimed thrillers Te Wicker King and Lethal Lit: Murder of Crows. K. is a Chicago native passionate about diversity and representation in young adult fiction. She currently writes most of her work in the lush gardens of the Art Institute of Chicago. Visit her at kancrum.com.