She has also written short stories for several anthologies, including Rush Hour Volume 3, Full House, and No Such Thing as the Real World. Her books have been produced as audio books, made into a feature film, and the rights have been optioned for television and Broadway theatre. Going's books have been published by Penguin Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Simon & Schuster, and Writer's Digest and have won many awards and honors. She has additional picture books and novels under contract. Going has published three young adult novels, plus three novels for middle grade readers age eight to twelve, a picture book, and a reference book titled Writing and Selling the YA Novel published by Writer's Digest. In addition to writing, she managed an independent bookstore in Cold Spring, New York, for the Merritt Bookstore. When she returned to New York she began working in publishing for the literary agency, Curtis Brown, Ltd.Īfter her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World, was published she left the agency to write part-time. Career Īfter graduation, she did volunteer service with the Mennonite Central Committee in New Orleans, Louisiana, teaching adult literacy. She was born Kelly Louise Going in Rhinebeck, New York. She has also written short stories for several anthologies and multiple picture books. She used this inner knowledge of publishing to write Writing and Selling the Young Adult Novel – a how-to book for aspiring writers, published by Writer's Digest. Going began her career working at Curtis Brown, Ltd., one of the oldest literary agencies in New York City. It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and won an Audience Award. Her work has also been published in Korea, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and her novel Fat Kid Rules the World was adapted into a film.

They have been featured by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Children's Book Council as best books of the year.

Her books have been Booksense picks, Scholastic Book Club choices, Junior Library Guild selections, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, and winners of state book awards. Printz Award Honor Book by the American Library Association, and was included on the Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Books for Young Adults list and its list of Best Books for the Past Decade. Her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World, was named a KL Going (born August 21, 1973) is an American writer of books for children and teens. Fiction for children and young adults ( YA fiction)

King of the Screwups by K.L. Going