Kara Swanson
Director & Co-Founder
Professional Experience
- Multi Realm Award-Winner and Christy Award-Winner
- Staff Member, Young Writer’s Workshop (2018 – present)
- Marketing, Uncommon Universes Press (2018 – 2020)
- Marketing, SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference (2016 – 2018
- “Most Promising Teen Writer Award,” Mount Hermon Writers Conference (2015)
Writings & Publications
- The Girl Who Could See (2017)
- Dust (Enclave Escape, 2021)
- Shadow (Enclave Escape, 2022)
- Ignite (Enclave Escape, 2024)
“Nothing is ever wasted. Not our tears, not our pain, not our overwhelm, not our calloused hands, not those countless drafts, not the books we didn’t finish, not the rejection letters, not the times we had to set the dream down, not the days when all we could do was survive. Every step made us stronger — and every tear was caught in the scarred hands of the One who carries us. To write a good book, you have to live a good life. Not an easy one — but a good one. And no hard moment is wasted.”
– Kara Swanson
Biography
Kara writes stories about fairytales and fiery souls. She spent her childhood a little like a Lost Girl, running barefoot through lush green jungles which inspired her award-winning Peter Pan retellings, DUST and SHADOW.
She’s also the co-founder of the Author Conservatory, where she has the honor of teaching young writers to craft sustainable author careers.
You’ll find her with her toes in California sand as a SoCal resident, belting Broadway show tunes on weekend drives to Disneyland with her delightfully-nerdy husband, or chatting about her love of magic and mayhem on Instagram at @karaswansonauthor.
