Carolyn Crimi received her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College. She has published over 20 books, including Don’t Need Friends, Boris and Bella, Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, Where’s My Mummy?, Dear Tabby, I Am The Boss of This Chair, and Secondhand Dogs. Her book There Might Be Lobsters won The Golden Kite Award in 2018 for Best Picture Book Text, and her middle grade debut, Weird Little Robots, was a BEA Book Buzz pick and a JLG selection. Carolyn is also the author of the forthcoming Just One Owl (2025, Holiday House) and Jayden Noticed (2026, Candlewick Press). Carolyn has received over thirty state awards and award nominations and was given The Prairie State Award in 2012 for her body of work. When she’s not writing, Carolyn enjoys visiting elementary schools all around the world to talk about how she hunts for new ideas and revises her stories.
Carolyn is represented by Stephanie Fretwell-Hill.
