Mark Karlins
Mark Karlins is the author of five picture b

ooks, including
Music Over Manhattan (hailed as a “new classic” on NPR),
Mendel's Ladder (a Smithsonian Magazine Outstanding Book of the Year), and
Salmon Moon (an American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists”). He has also written two poetry books for adults and founded a poetry magazine. In addition to teaching at VCFA, Mark teaches children's writing and literature at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (as part of the degree program with Tufts University). A long time resident of NYC, Mark currently lives in an old farmhouse north of Boston and is working on a YA novel. He can be visited at his website:
www.markkarlins.com.
Faculty
Writing for Children & Young Adults