Kara Douglass Thom

Kara Douglass Thom is the author of the middle-grade novel Sweet, Tart (Candlewick Press, 2026) and nine other children’s books, including the Go! Go! Sports Girls series. In 2016, she was recognized for writing stories about girls in sports and invited by the White House to attend a conference on breaking down gender stereotypes in media and toys. For adults she co-authored Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom (Andrews McMeel 2011) and wrote Becoming an Ironman: First Encounters with the Ultimate Endurance Event (Breakaway Books, 2001).