Carol Coven Grannick

Carol Coven Grannick is a poet and author for children and adults.

Her middle grade novel-in-verse, REENI'S TURN, was awarded Finalist in the 2016 Katherine Paterson Manuscript competition and Honorable Mention in the 2018 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. The author received two Illinois Arts Council Grants for work-in-progress and marketing development, and a 2016 Ragdale Foundation Residency. She received a scholarship to work on REENI'S TURN at the Highlights Foundation Novel-in-Verse workshop with Sonya Sones, Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Linda Oatman High.

Children's poetry and fiction appears/is forthcoming in Cricket, Ladybug, Babybug, Highlights, and Hello magazines, and The Dirigible Balloon online poetry magazine for children.

Grannick's first adult poetry collection, CALL ME BOB, a "verse nonfiction narrative" launches in July 2022 from Oprelle Publications. Poetry for adults appears in print and online journals, including most recently The Birmingham Arts Journal, West Texas Review, Red Coyote, and Capsule Stories.