Kari Maaren IF

Kari Maaren is a wandering English professor who has turned grumpiness into an art form.  She writes and performs geeky ukulele music about Batman, genre literature, and various types of monsters, and she has produced two CDs, Beowulf Pulled My Arm Off and Everybody Hates Elves. She has posted more music on her YouTube channelshe has a second channel, The Improvyssey, that is devoted to daily instrumental improvisations. Her first novel, the Nebula- and Sunburst-nominated and Copper Cylinder-winning YA fantasy adventure Weave a Circle Round, was published by Tor in the fall of 2017. She has a completed webcomic, West of Bathurst,and an active one, It Never Rains.  She has won Aurora Awards for her music (2013 and 2015) and comics (2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023).

You can find out more about Kari at her website karimaaren.com!