Karen Hesse

Karen S. Hesse, born in 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, is an acclaimed American author of children's and young adult literature, often set in historical contexts. She is best known for her novel Out of the Dust, which won the Newbery Medal in 1998. Hesse has received numerous prestigious awards and honors throughout her career, including the MacArthur Fellowship and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.