Welcome to the Official Website of Kerry Madden-Lunsford!
O, joyful day!
Hark! Werewolf Hamlet Speaks!
With the voicing magic of Michael Butler Murray
on Tantor Media and all streaming services!
And that’s not all…
“CHECK OUT THE BEST THEATRE BOOKS THIS TONY SEASON” Michael Giltz, BroadwayDirect
“Werewolf Hamlet is a middle-grade hoot about a theater-obsessed kid, Angus, who wants to stage his play, Werewolf Hamlet, for his fifth-grade class (now that’s one school play I’d love to attend)…” Giltz, June 20, 2025
Werewolf Hamlet
with Charlesbridge Moves
Booklist starred review 2025
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
“The story of Angus Gettlefinger, a fifth-grade boy minding his own business (mostly) and living his fifth-grade life, who would like his big brother, Liam, to start acting like a normal brother again-preferably by Friday.”
It makes me merry to tell thee …the Paperback Release of
Werewolf Hamlet
on this 5th of May, 2026!
Kerry’s other books, reviews, essays, and interviews are awaiting your eyes, ears and brains. As a member of the communities of writers, readers, children, spouses, mothers, travelers, teachers, Kerry loves a good story. She may be coaxing them from students at the university or the neighborhood elementary school; she may be walking a mountain trail with a dear friend or watching a brother on a flamenco stage. She knows some stories are so fun to tell, and some are hard, hard, hard to tell, and some are both! Come on along, explore some of Kerry’s stories, and stretch your heart a bit.
Upcoming Events:
MAY 5, 2026
Werewolf Hamlet
Paperback Release Date!
Charlesbridge Moves
WEREWOLF HAMLET Audio Book Release on All Streaming Platforms
With Tantor Media Read by Michael Butler Murray
ORANGE BEACH, AL
Keynote Speaker Alabama Writers Cooperative Annual Conference 2025
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Keynote Speaker Pioneer Con 2025 Jefferson State Community College, Shelby-Hoover Campus
And So Grateful!
What a fantastic time we had with all of these wonderful folks!
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Red Mountain Theater
With Alabama Booksmith
BETHESDA, MD
Wonderland Books In Conversation with Miriam Chernick
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Thank You Books
Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema
Screening of Silent Film Shorts and Conversation on Storytelling
NASHVILLE, TN
Parnassus Books
Werewolf Hamlet-In Conversation with Adam Rosenbaum
TUSCALOOSA, AL
Ernest & Hadley Bookstore
Werewolf Hamlet-Reading/Signing
KNOXVILLE, TN.
Union Ave Books
Werewolf Hamlet Reading/Signing
CHICAGO, IL
The Book Cellar
In Conversation with Sarah Aronson
HIGHLAND PARK, IL
Secret World Books
In Conversation with Cynthia Liu
MONTEVALLO, AL
University of Montevallo
In Conversation with Creative Writing Students
LOS ANGELES, CA
LA Times Festival of Books
“Growing Up is Hard to Do” YA Panel discussion with Robin Benway, Hope Larson and Robert Graves
NASHVILLE, TN
Panel with Alyssa Colman and Daniel Nayeri
Southern Festival of Books
JASPER, AL
Foothills Book Festival
Saturday, APRIL 18 10-3 CDT
FULTONDALE, AL
IMPACT Book Festival
Fultondale Event Center Keynote Speaker: We Can Write About Hard Things
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
In Conversation with Chris Baron