Published by Penguin Random House, Carrie Kabak's novel, COVER THE BUTTER, was an Independent Booksellers' Pick, won an Audiofile Magazine award, and was nominated for a Quills Award. Her essays appear in FOR KEEPS and HE SAID WHAT? (Seal Press), EXIT LAUGHING (North Atlantic Books), FAITH (Simon and Schuster), and DUMPED (She Writes). Carrie's latest novels, SHIBBY MAGEE and EVERY MOLE AND FRECKLE, will be released in spring and fall 2026, and MALI MORGAN'S SUMMER in spring 2027. Carrie's a regular online visitor at Victoria Zackheim's UCLA Personal Essay course (Extension Writers’ Program) where she discusses the art of essay writing.
Alongside her writing, Carrie works as a book cover artist for major publishers after working for many years as a production designer at Hallmark Cards. Both an Irish and British citizen, she
now lives in Missouri with her chef husband. They share five sons, five grandchildren, two labradors, two cockatiels, and four tanks of freshwater fish.
