NHBF Author: Kari Allen

Kari Allen grew up on a lake in New Hampshire with her sister and parents spending the summers swimming and eating blackberries. She went to a small school in central New Hampshire, so small that her graduating class had only 17 students in it. 

She has always loved reading and writing and channeled that love into pursuing degrees in English and Early Childhood Education, as well as a masters in the Teaching of Writing. Kari loves watching how literacy develops in children. She loves seeing how kids connect to books and words and stories. Kari has worked with the National Writing Project in New Hampshire as a teacher consultant 

This author is scheduled to appear at the NH Book Festival which will be held at the Capitol Center for the Arts & NHBF Festival Village on South Main Street in Concord, NH on October 3-4, 2025.