Karol Ruth Silverstein (she/her/disabled) is an award-winning children’s book author, poet, disability activist and blissfully mediocre singer.
Intent on championing misfits, underdogs and that weird kid nobody wants to sit next to at lunch (spoiler alert: she qualifies as all of the above), Karol is a passionate supporter of diversity in children’s books.
Her debut young adult novel, Cursed (Charlesbridge Teen, 2019), was loosely drawn from her experience of being diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at thirteen. A funny, frank and unsentimental take on the “sick kid” genre, Cursed won the Schneider Family Book Award in 2020.
Originally from Philadelphia, Karol now lives in West Hollywood, California, with two unmanageably fluffy cats.
Karol is represented by Abigail Samoun.
