Welcome to the Official Website of Kerry Madden-Lunsford!
“CHECK OUT THE BEST THEATRE BOOKS THIS TONY SEASON” Michael Giltz, BroadwayDirect
“Werewolf Hamlet is a middle-grade hoot about a theater-obsessed kid, Angus, who wants to stage his play, Werewolf Hamlet, for his fifth-grade class (now that’s one school play I’d love to attend)…” Giltz, June 20, 2025
Werewolf Hamlet
with Charlesbridge Moves
Booklist starred review.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
“The story of Angus Gettlefinger, a fifth-grade boy minding his own business (mostly) and living his fifth-grade life, who would like his big brother, Liam, to start acting like a normal brother again-preferably by Friday.”
And that’s not all…
Alabama Writers Cooperative The AWC Annual Conference-September 12-14, 2025 Keynote Speaker
Werewolf Hamlet-Audiobook Release Date! October 7, 2025 Read by Michael Murray Here’s a little taste:
Her other books, reviews, essays, and interviews are awaiting your eyes, ears and brains. As a member of the communities of writers, readers, children, spouses, mothers, travellers, teachers, Kerry loves a good story. She may be coaxing them from students at the university or the neighborhood elementary school; she may be walking a mountain trail with a dear friend or watching a brother on a flamenco stage. She knows some stories are so fun to tell, and some are hard, hard, hard to tell, and some are both! Come on along, explore some of Kerry’s stories, and stretch your heart a bit.
Upcoming Event Dates-At a Glance
FRI-SUN, SEP 12-14
ORANGE BEACH, AL
Keynote Speaker Alabama Writers Cooperative Annual Conference 2025 Sat 6:00 PM CST
THU-OCT 23 11:30 AM
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Keynote Speaker Pioneer Con 2025 Jefferson State Community College, Shelby-Hoover Campus
Where I’ve been…
So much fun with all of these wonderful folks!
SAT-JUN 21 2:00 PM ET
BETHESDA, MD
Wonderland Books In Conversation with Miriam Chernick
SUN-MAR 16 2-3:30 PM CT
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Thank You Books
Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing
SAT-MAR 22 10:30 AM CT
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema
Screening of Silent Film Shorts and Conversation on Storytelling
MON-MAR 24 6:30-8 PM CT
NASHVILLE, TN
Parnassus Books
Werewolf Hamlet-In Conversation with Adam Rosenbaum
SAT-MAR 29 11:00 AM CT
TUSCALOOSA, AL
Ernest & Hadley Bookstore
Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing
THU-APR 3 6:00 PM ET
KNOXVILLE, TN.
Union Ave Books
Werewolf Hamlet Reading/Signing
TUES-APR 8 6:30 PM CT
CHICAGO, IL
The Book Cellar
In Conversation with Sarah Aronson
SAT-APR 12 2:00 PM CT
HIGHLAND PARK, IL
Secret World Books
In Conversation with Cynthia Liu
MON-APR 14 5:00 PM CT
MONTEVALLO, AL
University of Montevallo
In Conversation with Creative Writing Students
SAT-APR 26 3:20 PM PT
LOS ANGELES, CA
LA Times Festival of Books
“Growing Up is Hard to Do” YA Panel discussion with Robin Benway, Hope Larson and Robert Graves
SUN-OCT 19 11:00 AM
NASHVILLE, TN
Panel with Alyssa Colman and Daniel Nayeri Southern Festival of Books
SAT- OCT 11 10:00-3:00
JASPER, AL
Foothills Book Festival
TUES-MAY 6 7:00 PM PT
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
In Conversation with Chris Baron