Welcome to the Official Website of Kerry Madden-Lunsford!

Hark! Werewolf Hamlet Speaks!

Yes, the audio release date is October 7 with the voicing magic of Michael Butler Murray on Tantor Media

And that’s not all…

“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 2025

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.”

Kerry’s 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 Events:

Saturday, April 18 10-3 CDT

FULTONDALE, AL

IMPACT Book Festival

Fultondale Event Center Keynote Speaker: We Can Write About Hard Things

WEREWOLF HAMLET Audio Book Release on All Streaming Platforms‍ ‍With Tantor Media Read by Michael Butler Murray

ORANGE BEACH, AL

Keynote Speaker Alabama Writers Cooperative Annual Conference 2025

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Keynote Speaker Pioneer Con 2025 Jefferson State Community College, Shelby-Hoover Campus



So Grateful!

What a fantastic time we had with all of these wonderful folks!

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Red Mountain Theater

With Alabama Booksmith

BETHESDA, MD

Wonderland Books In Conversation with Miriam Chernick

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Thank You Books

Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema

Screening of Silent Film Shorts and Conversation on Storytelling

NASHVILLE, TN

Parnassus Books

Werewolf Hamlet-In Conversation with Adam Rosenbaum

TUSCALOOSA, AL

Ernest & Hadley Bookstore

Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing

KNOXVILLE, TN.

Union Ave Books

Werewolf Hamlet Reading/Signing

CHICAGO, IL

The Book Cellar

In Conversation with Sarah Aronson

HIGHLAND PARK, IL

Secret World Books

In Conversation with Cynthia Liu

MONTEVALLO, AL

University of Montevallo

In Conversation with Creative Writing Students

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

NASHVILLE, TN

Panel with Alyssa Colman and Daniel Nayeri

Southern Festival of Books ‍ ‍

JASPER, AL

Foothills Book Festival

SAN DIEGO, CA

Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore

In Conversation with Chris Baron